mature

Meaning of mature

adjective
  1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
    She is quite mature for her age.
  2. Brought to a state of complete readiness.
    a mature plan
  3. Profound; careful.
    The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
  4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
  5. Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.
    mature content
verb
  1. To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
  2. (of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
  3. To bring (something) to maturity, full development or completion.
  4. To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
  5. (of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
  6. To make (someone) mature.
  7. To reach the date when payment is due.

Information about mature

Hyphenation of mature

ma-ture

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • mature is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

mature synonyms

Meaning matured:

matured

Meaning ripe:

ripe

Meaning fledged:

fledged

Meaning maturate:

maturate, grow

Meaning ripen:

ripen

Meaning senesce:

senesce, age, maturate

Meaning suppurate:

suppurate

Meaning :

adult, grown, develop, progress

mature antonyms

Meaning :

childish, immature, superficial

Translation of mature

Anagrams of mature

tamure

Words that rhyme with mature

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