maturity

ma·tur·i·ty  (m-tyr-t, -tr-, -chr-)

n. pl. ma·tur·i·ties

1.

a. The state or quality of being fully grown or developed.

b. The state or quality of being mature.

2.

a. The time at which a note or bond is due.

b. The state of a note or bond being due.

3. Geology A stage in the development of streams or landscapes at which maximum development has been reached or at which the process of erosion is going on with maximum vigor. Maturity of a landscape continues throughout the period of maximum topographic differentiation or until about three fourths of the original mass is carried away by erosion.

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[Middle English maturite, from Old French, from Latin mtrits, from mtrus, mature; see mature.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maturity - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed adulthood time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state teens - the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20 mid-twenties, twenties - the time of life between 20 and 30 mid-thirties, thirties, thirty-something - the time of life between 30 and 40 forties, mid-forties - the time of life between 40 and 50 mid-fifties, fifties - the time of life between 50 and 60 legal age, majority - the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs prime of life, prime - the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest drinking age - the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages voting age - the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections middle age - the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)
	2.	maturity - state of being mature; full development matureness state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity ripeness - the state of being ripe youth - early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced post-maturity, post-menopause - the state in which women have stopped ovulating immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity
	3.	maturity - the date on which an obligation must be repaid due date, maturity date date, day of the month - the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"

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maturity

noun 1. adulthood, majority, completion, puberty, coming of age, fullness, full bloom, full growth, pubescence, manhood or womanhood << OPPOSITE immaturity

noun 2. ripeness, perfection, maturation

Translations

maturity [məˈtjuərɪtɪ] n → madurez f

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maturity [məˈtjuərɪtɪ] mature n → maturité f

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maturity [məˈtjuərɪtɪ] mature n → Reife f;

to have reached maturity (person) → erwachsen sein;

(animal) → ausgewachsen sein

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maturity [məˈtjuərɪtɪ] n → maturità