ADJECTIVE | all | mature | characteristic of maturity |
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all | mature, matured | fully considered and perfected | |
all | mature | having reached full natural growth or development | |
all | mature, ripe | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used | |
all | mature, fledged | (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage | |
VERB | change | mature, maturate, grow | develop and reach maturity |
communication | mature | develop and work out fully in one's mind | |
change | mature | become due for repayment | |
change | mature, ripen | cause to ripen or develop fully | |
change | mature, senesce, age, get on, maturate | grow old or older | |
body | mature, suppurate | cause to ripen and discharge pus |
Sounds | mahchuh'r; mahtyuh'r | |
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Rhymes | allure ... Ur: 39 rhymes with uhr... |
Meaning | characteristic of maturity. | |
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Example | "mature for her age" | |
Narrower | autumnal | characteristic of late maturity verging on decline |
ripe | At the highest point of development especially in judgment or knowledge | |
Opposite | immature | characteristic of a lack of maturity |
Spanish | maduro | |
Catalan | madur | |
Adverbs | maturely | in a mature manner |
Meaning | fully considered and perfected. | |
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Example | "mature plans" | |
Synonym | matured | |
Broader | developed | changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful |
Spanish | maduro |
Meaning | Having reached full natural growth or development. | |
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Example | "a mature cell" | |
Attribute of | age | How long something has existed |
maturity, matureness | state of being mature / mature | |
Narrower | abloom, efflorescent | Bursting into flower |
adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup | (of animals) fully developed | |
fruiting | capable of bearing fruit | |
full-blown, matured | fully ripe | |
headed | Of leafy vegetables | |
marriageable, nubile | Of girls or women who are eligible to marry | |
overblown | Past the stage / stage of full bloom | |
prime, meridian | At the best stage / stage of development | |
See also | full-term | gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy |
old | (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age | |
Opposite | immature | not yet mature |
Spanish | maduro | |
Catalan | madur | |
Nouns | maturity, matureness | state of being mature / mature |
maturity | the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed |
Meaning | fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used. | |
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Example | "full-bodied mature wines" | |
Synonym | ripe | |
Narrower | aged, ripened | Of wines, fruit, cheeses |
mellow, mellowed | Having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging | |
overripe | Too ripe and beginning to turn soft | |
Opposite | green, unripe, unripened, immature | not fully developed or mature |
Spanish | curado, madura, maduro | |
Catalan | madur, madura | |
Nouns | matureness | state of being mature / mature |
Meaning | (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination. | |
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Synonym | fledged | |
Narrower | fledgling, fledgeling | (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers |
full-fledged, fully fledged | (of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage | |
Opposite | unfledged, immature | (of birds) not yet having developed feathers |
Spanish | plumado | |
Nouns | maturity, matureness | state of being mature / mature |
Meaning | Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Model | Sam and Sue mature | |
Example | "He matured fast" | |
Synonyms | maturate, grow | |
Entails | senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate | Grow old or older |
Narrower | find oneself, find | Accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation |
grow up | Become an adult | |
ripen | Grow ripe | |
Broader | develop | Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment |
Spanish | crecer, cultivar, hacerse, madurar | |
Catalan | créixer, cultivar, fer-se, madurar | |
Nouns | maturation, maturement | coming to full development |
Meaning | Develop and work out fully in one's mind. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I need to mature my thoughts" | |
Broader | explicate, formulate, develop | elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses |
Nouns | maturement | coming to full development |
Meaning | Become due for repayment. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "These bonds mature in 2005" | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Catalan | madurar |
Meaning | Cause to ripen or develop fully. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Age matures a good wine" | |
Synonym | ripen | |
Cause to | ripen | Grow ripe |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | madurar | |
Catalan | madurar | |
Nouns | maturement | coming to full development |
Meaning | Grow old or older. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | senesce, age, get on, maturate | |
Caused by | age | make older |
Entailed by | mature, maturate, grow | Develop and reach maturity |
Narrower | dote | Be foolish or senile due to old age |
fossilize, fossilise | Become mentally inflexible | |
turn | Become officially one year older | |
Broader | develop | Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment |
Spanish | envejecer, madurar | |
Catalan | envellir, madurar | |
Nouns | maturation | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
Meaning | Cause to ripen and discharge pus. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | suppurate | |
Broader | draw | Cause to localize at one point |
Similar to | fester, maturate, suppurate | ripen and generate pus |
Catalan | supurar | |
Nouns | maturation | (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus |
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