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ma·ture (m

-ty

, -t

, -ch

)

adj. ma·tur·er, ma·tur·est

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

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

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

a. Suitable or intended for adults: mature subject matter.

b. Composed of adults: a mature audience.

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

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

6. No longer subject to great expansion or development. Used of an industry, a market, or a product.

7. Geology Having reached maximum development of form. Used of streams and landforms.

v. ma·tured, ma·tur·ing, ma·tures

v.tr.

1. To bring to full development; ripen.

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

v.intr.

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

2. To become due. Used of notes and bonds.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin mtrus; see m-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

ma·turely adv.

ma·tureness n.

Synonyms: mature, age, develop, ripen
These verbs mean 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.

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The surmise of my maturer years is that, bored by her interminable life, the venerable antiquity was simply yawning with ennui at every seam.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

Here hast thou, in thy maturer age, taught poetry to tickle not the fancy, but the pride of the patron.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context

Miss Waterford, torn between the aestheticism of her early youth, when she used to go to parties in sage green, holding a daffodil, and the flippancy of her maturer years, which tended to high heels and Paris frocks, wore a new hat.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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