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UK
/mətʃˈɔː/
]
[ US /məˈtʃʊɹ, mətˈjʊɹ/ ]
[ US /məˈtʃʊɹ, mətˈjʊɹ/ ]
VERB
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develop and work out fully in one's mind
I need to mature my thoughts -
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
The child grew fast
He matured fast -
grow old or older
She aged gracefully
we age every day--what a depressing thought!
Young men senesce -
cause to ripen or develop fully
Age matures a good wine
The sun ripens the fruit -
become due for repayment
These bonds mature in 2005 -
cause to ripen and discharge pus
The oil suppurates the pustules
ADJECTIVE
-
characteristic of maturity
mature for her age -
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
ripe peaches
full-bodied mature wines -
having reached full natural growth or development
a mature cell - (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
-
fully considered and perfected
mature plans
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.
- It was a brave gamble, a bid for power, by an ambitious, clever and canny politician who saw his career facing a premature end.
- 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.