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Mature Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mature? [adj] fully considered and perfected; "mature plans" [adj] (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination [adj] having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell" [adj] characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age" [adj] fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines" [v] cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules" [v] grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!" [v] cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine" [v] develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast" [v] become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005" [v] develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mature: abloom \| adult \| age \| aged \| autumnal \| big \| developed \| efflorescent \| fledged \| fledgeling(a) \| fledgling(a) \| flowering \| fruiting \| full-blown \| full-fledged \| full-grown \| fully fledged \| fully grown \| get on \| grow \| grown \| grownup \| headed \| marriageable \| maturate \| matured \| mellow \| mellowed \| nubile \| overblown \| overripe \| prime \| ripe \| ripen \| ripened \| suppurate Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mature: accomplish \| accrue \| adult \| advance \| age \| aged \| all ready \| all set \| archetypical \| armed \| armed and ready \| assemble \| attain majority \| back \| bear fruit \| beautify \| beget \| big \| blase \| bloom \| blooming \| blossom \| blossoming \| blow \| booted and spurred \| breed \| brew \| briefed \| bring forth \| bring into being \| bring to completion \| bring to fruition \| bring to maturity \| budding \| build \| burgeon \| burgeoning \| call into being \| cast \| classic \| coached \| cocked \| coin \| come of age \| come to fruition \| come to maturity \| complete \| compose \| compound \| conceive \| concoct \| construct \| consummate \| consummated \| contrive \| cook up \| cosmopolitan \| cosmopolite \| create \| crescent \| crown \| culminate \| cultivate \| design \| develop \| developed \| devise \| discover \| do to perfection \| dream up \| due \| eke out \| elaborate \| embellish \| engender \| entire \| equipped \| erect \| evolute \| evolve \| exemplary \| experienced \| expert \| extrude \| fabricate \| fall due \| familiarized \| fashion \| fill in \| fill out \| finish \| finished \| fledge \| florescent \| flourish \| flourishing \| flower \| flowering \| form \| formulate \| frame \| fudge together \| fulfill \| full \| full-blown \| full-fledged \| full-grown \| full-scale \| fully developed \| gather \| generate \| germinate \| get up \| give being to \| give rise to \| global \| good and ready \| groomed \| grow \| grow up \| growing \| grown \| grown up \| grown-up \| hatch \| hypertrophied \| hypertrophy \| improve \| improvise \| in arms \| in arrear \| in arrears \| in battle array \| in full bloom \| in readiness \| in the saddle \| increase \| indite \| informed \| intact \| invent \| knowing \| knowledgeable \| leave the nest \| loaded \| loaded for bear \| make \| make do with \| make good \| make up \| manufacture \| marriable \| marriageable \| masterful \| masterly \| maturate \| maturated \| matured \| maturescent \| mellow \| mellowed \| mint \| mobilized \| model \| mold \| mushroom \| not born yesterday \| nubile \| of age \| of marriageable age \| old \| on the mark \| originate \| outgrow \| outstanding \| overdevelop \| overdeveloped \| overdue \| overgrow \| overgrown \| overtop \| owed \| owing \| patch together \| payable \| perfect \| perfected \| piece out \| piece together \| plan \| planned \| polish \| polished \| practiced \| prearranged \| prefabricate \| prepare \| prepared \| prepared and ready \| prepped \| primed \| procreate \| produce \| proficient \| progress \| provided \| psyched up \| pullulate \| put together \| put up \| quintessential \| raise \| reach its season \| reach manhood \| reach maturity \| reach twenty-one \| reach voting age \| ready \| ready for anything \| rear \| receivable \| redeemable \| refill \| refine \| refined \| replenish \| reproduce \| ripe \| ripen \| ripened \| round out \| run up \| sagacious \| season \| seasoned \| set \| set up \| settle down \| shape \| shoot up \| solid \| sophisticated \| spawn \| spring up \| sprout \| sprout up \| sprouting \| strike out \| temper \| tempered \| think out \| think up \| thrive \| thriving \| toga virilis \| top off \| total \| tower \| tried \| tried and true \| unabbreviated \| uncut \| undiminished \| unexpurgated \| unpaid \| unsettled \| up in arms \| upshoot \| upspear \| upspring \| upsprout \| vegetate \| veteran \| vigilant \| wax \| well-prepared \| whole \| whomp up \| worldly \| worldly-wise \| world-wise \| write See Also \| alter \| change \| develop \| develop \| dote \| draw \| explicate \| find \| find oneself \| formulate \| fossilise \| fossilize \| grow up \| mature \| old \| turn Mature In Webster's Dictionary \Mature"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.] [L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.] 1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe. Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison. How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ? --Pope. 2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan. This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out. --Shak. 3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years. 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready. Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes through which it has passed; as ripe, when our attention is directed merely to its state. A mature judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe scholar. \Mature"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.] To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon. \Ma*ture"\, v. i. 1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience. 2. Hence, to become due, as a note.

Mature Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mature?

[adj] fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
[adj] (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
[adj] having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
[adj] characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
[adj] fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
[v] cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
[v] grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"
[v] cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
[v] develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
[v] become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
[v] develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"

Mature In Webster's Dictionary

\Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar. {Maturer}; superl. {Maturest}.]
[L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.]
1. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and
   development; fitted by growth and development for any
   function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind;
   full-grown; ripe.

         Now is love mature in ear.            --Tennison.

         How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled
         in speech, nor yet mature of age ?    --Pope.

2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready
   for action; made ready for destined application or use;
   perfected; as, a mature plan.

         This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for
         the violent breaking out.             --Shak.

3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a
   man of mature years.

4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.

Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready.

Usage: {Mature}, {Ripe}. Both words describe fullness of
       growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of
       the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a
       thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes
       through which it has passed; as ripe, when our
       attention is directed merely to its state. A mature
       judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe
       scholar.


\Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Matured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Maturing}.] [See {Maturate}, {Mature}.]
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to
ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon.


\Ma*ture"\, v. i.
1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine
   matures by age; the judgment matures by age and
   experience.

2. Hence, to become due, as a note.

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