mature

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/, /məˈt͡ʃɝ/, /məˈt(j)ʊəɹ/

Adjective

mature (comparative maturer or more mature, superlative maturest or most mature)

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
   • She is quite mature for her age.
   • The excellent mature eggplants grown in the garden plot are quickly being being picked up by family and friends.
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. (medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. (television, film) Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.
   • mature content

Verb

mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)

1. (intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
   • Synonyms: develop, grow, progress, ripen
2. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
   • Synonyms: ripen, ripen up
3. (transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
4. (transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
   • Synonym: ripen
5. (intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.
   • Synonyms: age, develop, grow up; see also to age
6. (transitive) To make (someone) mature.
   • Synonyms: see make older
7. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.
   • When the bond matures, the full face value is payable to its bearer.

Anagrams

• tamure

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma.tyʁ/
• Homophones: maturent, matures

Adjective

mature (plural matures)

1. (of a person) mature

Verb

mature

1. inflection of maturer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈtu.re/
• Hyphenation: ma‧tù‧re

Adjective

mature f pl

1. feminine plural of maturo

Anagrams

• murate, mutare, muterà, tamurè

Adjective

mātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of mātūrus

Adverb

mātūrē (comparative mātūrius, superlative mātūrissimē)

1. early, speedy, ripe, mature, mellow, timely, seasonable

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /maːˈtiu̯r(ə)/

Adjective

mature (rare, Late Middle English)

1. mature (ripe)
2. mature (careful)

Noun

mature

1. Alternative form of matere

Verb

mature

1. Alternative form of maturen

Verb

mature

1. inflection of maturar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative