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maturity

[muh-choor-i-tee, -toor-, -tyoor-, -chur-]

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noun

the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.

full development; perfected condition: maturity of judgment; to bring a plan to maturity.

Finance.

the state of being due.

the time when a note or bill of exchange becomes due.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English maturite < Latin mātūritās ripeness. See mature, -ity

Related forms

non·ma·tu·ri·ty, noun

o·ver·ma·tu·ri·ty, noun

sem·i·ma·tu·ri·ty, noun

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Bonds called last week for redemption prior to maturity were in the smallest volume for many weeks.

The successful applicant will demonstrate a willingness to engage in service opportunities commensurate with career maturity.

The study also showed that memory retention depends on the maturity of the developing caterpillars' brains.

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Bonds called last week for redemption prior to maturity were in the smallest volume for many weeks.

The successful applicant will demonstrate a willingness to engage in service opportunities commensurate with career maturity.

The study also showed that memory retention depends on the maturity of the developing caterpillars' brains.

The young clones rarely attain reproductive maturity.

With the help of nutrients from the soil, plus water and light, it will continue to grow to maturity.

Remedy showed a considerable amount of design maturity in moving from their original open world to a more directed experience.

Cabaret venerates maturity more fervently than any other form of entertainment.

Colleges used to be filled with individuals who had the maturity and vocabulary skills to find more eloquent ways for expression.

It is not much different in maturity from nuclear power.

For example, replanting a forest as it is harvested may seem fairly straightforward if the time to maturity is known.

Bregler estimates intrinsic biometrics is years away from maturity.

So before you buy, ask the nursery staff about the plant's size at maturity.

They say they produced two mice, one of which grew to maturity and gave birth.

Although full physical maturity has been reached at this time, educational and emotional maturity remain ongoing.

They want a certain maturity and stability and aren't as concerned about snagging the next great research star.

But the block's leaders lack the political maturity to take such bold steps, so a future of irrelevance beckons.

Living things grow during certain stages of development and then reach maturity.

The age of maturity of a farm kid begins when his legs reach the tractor pedals.

For best results, grow these crops to maturity in cool weather more.

Maybe this is a sign of growing scientific maturity.

That, the new maturity says, is still cooler than right shoulder up.

We dare not keep aloof and close ourselves while a nation comes into maturity.

In a currency swap, the two exchange currencies and re-exchange them at maturity at the same rate.

New green and old, waving from fields of rice, reflect plants in various stages of maturity.

Underssized pot caught crab and lobsters can be returned to grow to maturity.

However, it was the freedom of maturity that allowed him to realize his construction dreams.

Children need more years to develop the maturity and skills to navigate a rapidly changing world.

We need to recognize that today's students really are lacking educationally and in terms of their maturity.

And yet the bond market's size and maturity ought to mean that there are no rich pickings left.

These oft-feared sea creatures grow extremely slowly, taking years to reach maturity.

The judging for this award will focus mainly on the disruptive potential of the technology and less on the idea's maturity.

Perhaps a certain maturity that comes with getting older seeped into the writing.

My point here is that students reach maturity for different subjects at different times based on their previous preparation.

Coyotes have responded to the attempts to eradicate them by dispersing adults and producing larger litters at earlier maturity.

They're each about two years old and won't begin to reach maturity until eleven or twelve.

They probably found that the pelvis was fused, or other signs of maturity.

We need someone who knows our suffering and who has the maturity and conscientiousness to lead.

At some later stage it will be possible for these loans to be converted into new bonds with a later maturity.

He radiates a disposition of humility and maturity and yet strikes an eccentric sense of humor.

First, the big squid here are of mixed sizes and maturity states, with only the largest being fully mature.

The repayment of principal, however, depends on the prices of dozens of commodities at maturity.

The skull resembles a juvenile orangutan, though the teeth indicate maturity.

They can also be met by issuing extra shares at maturity.

So far, the size of squid and maturity states are reminiscent of last year's cruise.

EQ involves maturity and experience and other factors.

They pay all subsequent premiums and collect the proceeds on the death of the insured or the maturity of the policy.

Salmon reach maturity in the sea, then later swim back upstream to their hatching site to spawn.

He was a mentor to many of us who came to maturity as soldiers in the.

Experts say children lack the vocabulary and the emotional maturity to serve as effective interpreters.

He dropped out within a year, saying in retrospect that he lacked the maturity and.

To add missing grace and maturity and expressiveness.

Its soil is so fertile that some trees grow to full maturity quicker than people.

Once a forest reaches maturity the uptake is balanced by the release via decomposition or fire.

Inside candidates need great maturity and self-discipline to deal with the news that someone else has been appointed.

It will also begin trading derivatives tied to warm temperatures, and lengthen the maturity of its contracts.

Fans, however, will likely see his honing of subject matter as a move toward maturity.

Experience and maturity are no longer nasty words in women's gymnastics.

Honestly, sometimes it does not have as much to do with maturity as you may think.

Then securities are selected based on factors such as maturity and liquidity.

The date of the gift's maturity must be set when the first fund shares are bought.

It was a great question, indicating some maturity and sophistication.

But becoming a successful leader of men and women in a turbulent business world requires maturity and wisdom.

Additional contributions are allowed, but not after the maturity date.

The maturity of banks' wholesale liabilities is nicely spread out.

We'll measure the claspers and see if they're calcified or not to determine the sharks' maturity.

Its price will then be based not on its call but rather its final maturity date.

The increasingly rainbow-coloured character of organised crime is a clue to its maturity.

There's a certain level of maturity to the group now.

Every male if he is lucky to reach maturity will wonder because of this organ's restrictive capacity to urinate.

That, apparently, is a sign of maturity and goes along with being well-educated.

The new bonds' long maturity and low interest rates should make debt service manageable.

Flower color and position signal to insects the blossom's degree of maturity.

There is something to be said both for social maturity and having had many years to absorb all sorts of life.

It guards against maturity mismatches in foreign currency and it has long limited banks' foreign-exchange derivative bets.

Her mother thought that it helped her develop maturity and self confidence, and she came back much more self reliant.

Firms with big maturity mismatches are more likely to cause systemic problems and should be penalised.

Incubating these new businesses to maturity will leave a lasting legacy of more productivity and less waste.

Maturity isn't necessarily going to work for you at that level.

Businessmen are irritated by what many have called the politicians' lack of maturity.

She is halfway to emotional maturity simply for those two things.

Withdrawing the stimulus in an election year shows welcome political maturity.

The plans leave space to adopt new technologies when they reach maturity.

Shouldn't education be partially to facilitate students' maturity and comfort participating and.

Securities firms argue that this need not matter as long as investors hold the bonds to maturity.

Learning to write artfully requires a certain level of maturity and time.

Some of you guys have so much lack of maturity to post anything that came to your minds without knowing what it really.

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World English Dictionary

maturity (məˈtjʊərɪtɪ, -ˈtʃʊə-)

—n
1.	the state or quality of being mature; full development
2.	finance
	a. the date upon which a bill of exchange, bond, note, etc, becomes due for repayment
	b. the state of a bill, note, etc, when due

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Word Origin & History

maturity

late 14c., from L. maturitatem (nom. maturitas) "ripeness," from maturus "ripe" (see mature).

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

maturity ma·tu·ri·ty (mə-ty&oobreve;r'ĭ-tē, -t&oobreve;r'-, -ch&oobreve;r'-)
n.

The state or quality of being fully grown or developed.
The state or quality of being mature.

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