mature
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See also mâture
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] 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.
- Profound; careful.
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
[edit] Antonyms
- (grown up): childish, immature
- (profound): superficial
[edit] Translations
fully developed
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profound; careful
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[edit] 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.
- (intransitive) (finance) To reach the date when payment is due
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
to become mature; to ripen
to gain experience or wisdom with age
to reach the date when payment is due
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
mature (epicene, plural matures)
- (of a person) mature
[edit] Italian
[edit] Adjective
mature pl.
- feminine form of maturo
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[edit] Latin
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mātūre
- vocative masculine singular of mātūrus