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mature English

Meaning mature meaning

What does mature mean?
Definitions in simple English

mature Adjective

— Someone is mature if they act like an adult. You're not mature enough to do this job. — A living thing is mature if it has stopped growing physically. A mature female is about 30kg. — Some kinds of food, such as wine, cheese, or fruit are mature when they are ready to eat or drink. — A mature person is older. Colleges are accepting more mature students and fewer kids out of high school. — If something is mature, it is fully developed. Television is a mature technology. — If movies, books, etc. are mature, they are meant for adults because they contain violence, sex, etc.

mature Verb

— If something matures, it becomes fully developed. Along the way she has also matured into a beautiful young woman. These problems have been solved as the technology has matured.

mature

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

Synonyms mature synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as mature?

mature English » English

ripe ripen adult mellow grow up grow full-grown develop maturate age experienced grow older matured grown developed grown-up grown up expire due become ripe perfect old get ripe fully developed full-fledged full-blown careful become adult suppurate sophisticated senesce sedate seasoned perfected of age maturity hard grow old grow big get on get along full-brown flower fledged ferment fall due dry cure cook come to sound natural

Topics mature topics

What do people use mature to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Good, moral

Mature in behavior
Person Life Stage of life

Adult
Person Life Stage of life

Grow, get bigger
Universe, creation Plant

Growth of plants
Person Life Stage of life

Old person
Social behavior Behavior

Change behavior
States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not young

  • What words describe a plant that is old?
    old mature

Conjugation mature conjugation

How do you conjugate mature?

mature · verb

Examples mature examples

How do I use mature in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He became more mature with the passing of the years.
I believe that Tom is mature enough to know the consequences.
After mature reflection, I've decided to accept their offer.
The grapes are getting mature.
Peter was fed up with childish girls and wanted to meet a really mature woman.
It takes two years for the butterfly to mature.
The plan is not mature.
A monkey is mature at a few years old.
A butterfly is a mature caterpillar.
His niece is attractive and mature for her age.
Recently, I saw an attractive mature woman on the train.
A child is not a mature person.
The Pirate Party could mature into a political driving force.
I'm mature.
Girls mature faster than boys.
He grew a beard to look more mature.
She's mature enough to bear a child.

Movie subtitles

Sometimes the best way to handle things is the mature, non-paintball approach.
I was being emotionally mature.
It is, uh, full mature, the smooth blended tones, very subtle and his brushwork is left-handed.
She needs trouble to mature her.
If I were a girl and had to choose between a young, good-for-nothing with plenty of hair, and a solid, mature citizen I'd pick Mathias Popkin every time.
I think someone more mature.
And so mature.
You're not a boy, you're just mature.
I like mature people.
Everything wise and witty has long since been said by minds more mature and talents far greater than mine.
More mature, I guess, and changed.
But a mature man like yourself knows all about love?
It's impossible to tell if a mature, married woman has been raped.
We progress and mature by fault.
Well, I can only suppose that Morris is more mature in his feelings than I thought.
But of course she appears much more mature.
No, no, no. I mean a mature man.
She needs trouble to mature, Kittredge.
Let more mature persons lead you back to the right path!
It was very interesting, but you're not politically mature enough to understand.
You're mature enough to know better.
I mean. that woman seems reserved, more mature than her age.
I don't usually tell stranger's future, but you seem like a mature woman.
You know, monsieur, I believe that it's only in the romance languages that one is able to really relate in a mature fashion.
She's certainly becoming a mature young lady, isn't she?
You must mature.

News and current affairs

In each of these areas -- physics, biochemistry and social science -- the theories are mature and largely uncontroversial.
Every cell in your body (except mature red blood cells) - there are about 50 trillion in an adult - contains copies of your DNA, which are coiled up tightly to form 46 separate bundles called chromosomes.
The second group, led by China, will stabilize at lower growth rates than recent historical averages, while continuing to mature structurally.
It should therefore do away with the traditional ambivalence of demanding a more mature and active Europe on one hand, all the time feeling uncomfortable with it on the other.
Until recently, traditional forms of energy production have had the advantage of being based on established and mature industries.
Like other new markets, it will take time to mature and reach out to places with weaker market institutions.
They compete, expand, mature, and eventually, with few exceptions, fade into obscurity.
Of course, the European Union need not fear the rise of a Greek Hitler, not only because it could easily crush such a regime, but also - and more important - because Greece's democracy has proved impressively mature throughout the crisis.
Tourism is a mature industry with plenty of regional competitors.
But the Chancellor's juvenile experiment in mature diplomacy has diminished, not expanded, Germany's prestige.
Viewed through the lens of history, the main job of US presidents is to be mature and wise enough to stand up to the permanent war machine.
In the future, the distinction between high- and low-income countries, or between emerging and mature markets, will no longer matter.
Libya's people may be more politically mature and sophisticated than many observers believe.
China is mature enough to understand this; nonetheless, a major US military build-up throughout the region is another matter.
Though I have been harshly critical of Obama's policy toward Syria for two and a half years, his new strategy reflects a mature and coherent foreign policy - albeit one that does not fully live up to his proclaimed values.
Fracking is not yet a mature technology, and thus it is very likely to improve over time.
One reason is that revenue growth usually goes hand-in-hand with macroeconomic growth, which increasingly is found in emerging-market countries, rather than in many banks' mature Western home markets.
Russia will mature much more slowly in isolation than it will if it is integrated into European institutions.
But can Web activism mature into a full-blown campaign for free speech without being manipulated by the government or blindfolded by Western media?
So, perhaps in a mature democracy, human rights should be dignified by actions rather than words.
And while there are signs that mature economies are recovering from the panic that froze credit markets, we are by no means beyond the danger zone.
Europe desperately needs to have a mature, fact-based conversation about migration.
Today, this agent is the adenovirus 36 (Ad-36), which stimulates the growth and reproduction of fat cells, as well as causing immature fat cells to mature more quickly, at least in chickens.
One could argue that South Korea is not yet a mature economy and is only catching up with a more advanced Japan.
A mature bilateral relationship is one in which even difficult issues can be discussed routinely and promptly.

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