mature
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mature (comparative maturer or more mature, superlative maturest or most mature)
- Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
- She is quite mature for her age.
- Brought to a state of complete readiness.
- a mature plan
- Profound; careful.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
- (medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
Antonyms
- (grown up): childish, immature
- (profound): superficial
Derived terms
Translations
fully developed
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profound; careful
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Verb
mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)
- (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
- (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
- (transitive) To make something mature.
- 2009, Hugh Findlay, Practical Gardening, Vegetables and Fruits
- There are certain vegetables like the tomato which require a long period to mature the fruit, and these must be started several weeks before the frosts have passed.
- 2009, Hugh Findlay, Practical Gardening, Vegetables and Fruits
- (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due
Derived terms
- mature up
Translations
to become mature; to ripen
to gain experience or wisdom with age
French
Etymology
From Middle French mature, borrowed from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of mûr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.tyʁ/
Verb
mature
Further reading
- “mature” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ure
Latin
References
- mature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mature in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- mature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Portuguese
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