[ UK /mət‍ʃˈɔː/ ]
[ US /məˈtʃʊɹ, mətˈjʊɹ/ ]
VERB
  1. develop and work out fully in one's mind
    I need to mature my thoughts
  2. develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
    The child grew fast
    He matured fast
  3. grow old or older
    She aged gracefully
    we age every day--what a depressing thought!
    Young men senesce
  4. cause to ripen or develop fully
    Age matures a good wine
    The sun ripens the fruit
  5. become due for repayment
    These bonds mature in 2005
  6. cause to ripen and discharge pus
    The oil suppurates the pustules
ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of maturity
    mature for her age
  2. fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
    ripe peaches
    full-bodied mature wines
  3. having reached full natural growth or development
    a mature cell
  4. (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
  5. fully considered and perfected
    mature plans
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How To Use mature In A Sentence

  • We berate those who cross the line and leave the immature and underdeveloped open to the physical abuse of contact and collision sports.
  • Mature and rounded or light and fruity? The Sun
  • In addition, experimental flowers that matured a fruit (and therefore received a visit) had significantly larger corollas compared with corollas of flowers that did not initiate a fruit.
  • Cyclical trends tend to be shorter and more applicable in mature markets.
  • At worst the disinfectant is prematurely exhausted, an effect known as organic overload, allowing large numbers of micro-organisms to survive.
  • Nobody told you to flirt with me like a grown mature responsible adult man would do.
  • The possible effects of iron on adsorption, microcolony formation, mature of colons and desorb were explained, and the prospect of clinical use of local iron or chelator spray was also reviewed here.
  • To the front and rear of the house are lawns and shrubberies, but the grounds also contain two acres of young trees, a wildlife pond, mature woodland and banks of rhododendrons.
  • Umbilical hernias occur more often in premature infants and those of African American descent.
  • I remind you that my staff and I considered this indi'vidual's release and return premature. The False Mirror
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