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