mature

Definitions of mature in various dictionaries:

verb - develop and reach maturity

verb - develop and work out fully in one's mind

verb - become due for repayment

verb - cause to ripen or develop fully

verb - grow old or older

verb - cause to ripen and discharge pus

adj - characteristic of maturity

adj - fully considered and perfected

adj - having reached full natural growth or development

adj - fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

adj - (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage

Having reached full natural growth or development: a mature cell.

Having reached a desired or final condition; ripe: a mature cheese.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of full development, either mental or physical: mature for her age.

Suitable or intended for adults: mature subject matter.

Composed of adults: a mature audience.

Worked out fully by the mind; considered: a mature plan of action.

Having reached the limit of its time; due: a mature bond.

No longer subject to great expansion or development.

Having reached maximum development of form.

To bring to full development; ripen.

To work out fully in the mind: “able to digest and mature my thoughts for my own mind only” (John Stuart Mill).

To evolve toward or reach full development: The child’s judgment matures as she grows older.

The central meaning shared by these verb s is “to bring or come to full development or maximum excellence”: maturing the wines in vats; aged the brandy for 100 years; developed the flavor slowly; fruits that were ripened on the vine.

adv - fully developed [ adj -TURER, -TUREST] : MATURELY

verb - to make or become mature

MATURE - Mature is the adj ectival form of maturity, which has several meanings. Mature may also refer to: "Mature 17+", a rating in the Entertainment Softwar...