Someone who is mature acts grown up, like an adult. However, when one sister says to another, "That's so mature," she's usually using the word sarcastically, because her sister has done something very immature, like sticking out her tongue.
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
Verb
cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
Verb
grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
Verb
cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
Verb
develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
Verb
become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
Verb
develop and work out fully in one''s mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
Adjective S.
fully considered and perfected; "mature plans"
Adjective
(of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Adjective
having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
Adjective
characteristic of maturity; "mature for her age"
Adjective
fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used; "ripe peaches"; "full-bodies mature wines"
superl.
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth
and development; fitted by growth and development for any function,
action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
superl.
Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared;
ready for action; made ready for destined application or use;
perfected; as, a mature plan.
superl.
Of or pertaining to a condition of full development;
as, a man of mature years.
superl.
Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
v. t.
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in;
to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
v. i.
To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine
matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
v. i.
Hence, to become due, as a note.
Mature
Now is love mature in ear.
How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage, Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age ?2.
This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for the violent breaking out.3.
Mature
Mature
Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete;
To advance toward maturity; to become ripe;
Usage Examples
I am happy being able to play roles with people my age because once you do something really mature there is no turning back.
I feel more mature than most people my age.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
I was fortunate to play for Pete Rose and have teammates like Ken Griffey Sr., Tony Perez and Dave Concepcion. I grew up in the game with a mature attitude. I've always known it was better to be seen and not heard.
An enormous part of our mature experience cannot not be expressed in words.
As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful.
And I hope that five years and 10 years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.
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Other Usage ExamplesI am not the same man I was 35 years ago. And I hope that five years and ten years from now, I'll be a better man, a more mature man, a wiser man, a more humble man and a more spirited man to serve the good of my people and the good of humanity.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
I believe that every role that I have done this far has had quality and content. My roles have been very demanding and every role has been a challenge and a learning experience that has helped me mature as an actress.
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'
Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.
I love that men like to look at women, that they love sports, that they need to know the inner workings of mechanical objects. I love the whole makeup of men - that they never mature and are always just boys.
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