mature

See also mâture

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /məˈtjʊə(r)/
• (US) IPA: /məˈtʃʊr/, /məˈtʊr/

Adjective

mature (comparative maturer or more mature, superlative maturest or most mature)

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

   She is quite mature for her age.

2. Profound; careful.

   The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.

Antonyms

• (grown up): childish, immature
• (profound): superficial

Translations

fully developed

Arabic: ناضج (ar) (naaDij), راشد (ar) (raashid), معتق (ar) (mu3áttaq) Armenian: հասուն (hy) (hasun) Basque: zori (eu) Catalan: madur (ca) m., madura (ca) f. Chamicuro: chelti Chinese: Mandarin: 成熟 (cmn) (chéngshú), 成長 (cmn), 成长 (cmn) (chéngzhǎng) Czech: vyspělý (cs), vyzrálý (cs) Esperanto: matura (eo) Finnish: kypsä (fi) French: mûr (fr), mature (fr) German: reif (de), gereift (de)

Italian: maturo (it) Japanese: 成熟 (ja) (せいじゅく, seijuku), 成熟した (ja) (せいじゅくした, seijuku-shita), 円熟した (ja) (えんじゅくした, enjuku-shita), 十分成長した (ja) (じゅうぶんせいちょうした, jūbun seichō-shita) Latin: maturus (la) Polish: dojrzały (pl) Portuguese: maduro (pt) Romanian: matur (ro) Russian: зрeлый (ru) (zrélyj), взрослый (ru) (vzróslyj), развитой (ru) (razvitój) Spanish: maduro (es), (cheese, bacon etc.) curado (es) Swedish: mogen (sv)

profound; careful

Catalan: madur (ca) m., madura (ca) m., raonat (ca) m., raonada (ca) m. Finnish: huolellinen (fi), syvällinen (fi) French: mûr (fr) m., mûre (fr) f. German: reiflich (de)

Russian: зрeлый (ru) (zrélyj), разумный (ru) (razúmnyj), продуманный (ru) (prodúmannyj) Swedish: mogen (sv)

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Dutch: volwassen (1)

Scottish Gaelic: abaich

Verb

mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)

1. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To become mature; to ripen.
2. (intransitive) To gain experience or wisdom with age.
3. (intransitive) (finance) To reach the date when payment is due

Derived terms

• mature up

Translations

to become mature; to ripen

Arabic: ناضج (ar) ((nadhej)) Catalan: madurar (ca) Dutch: rijpen (nl), volwassen worden (nl) Finnish: kypsyä (fi) French: mûrir (fr), arriver à maturité, (cheese) s'affiner (fr)

German: reifen (de) Italian: maturare (it) Portuguese: amadurecer (pt) Spanish: madurar (es) Swedish: mogna (sv)

to gain experience or wisdom with age

Catalan: madurar (ca) Finnish: kypsyä (fi)

French: mûrir (fr), devenir mature Swedish: mogna

to reach the date when payment is due

Catalan: vencer (ca) m.

Dutch: vervallen (nl) French: arriver à échéance (fr)

Related terms

• matureness
• maturity

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French

Noun

mature (epicene, plural matures)

1. (of a person) mature

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Italian

Adjective

mature pl.

1. feminine form of maturo

Anagrams

• murate
• mutare
• muterà

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Latin

Adjective

mātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of mātūrus