Definitions for mature

mature ma·ture

Spelling: [muh-too r, -tyoo r
IPA: /məˈtʊər, -ˈtyʊər, -ˈtʃʊər, -ˈtʃɜr/

Mature is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in mature (aemrtu).

Definitions for mature

adjective

  1. complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms:
  2. ripe, as fruit, or fully aged, as cheese or wine.
  3. fully developed in body or mind, as a person:
  4. noting or pertaining to an adult who is middle-aged or older (used euphemistically):
  5. pertaining to or characteristic of full development:
  6. completed, perfected, or elaborated in full by the mind:
  7. (of an industry, technology, market, etc.) no longer developing or expanding; having little or no potential for further growth or expansion; exhausted or saturated.
  8. intended for or restricted to adults, especially by reason of explicit sexual content or the inclusion of violence or obscene language:
  9. composed of adults, considered as being less susceptible than minors to explicit sexual content, violence, or obscene language, as of a film or stage performance:
  10. Finance. having reached the limit of its time; having become payable or due:
  11. Medicine/Medical. having attained definitive form or function, as by maturation of an epithelium from a basal layer. having attained the end stage of a normal or abnormal biological process:
  12. Geology. (of a landscape) exhibiting the stage of maximum topographical diversity, as in the cycle of erosion of a land surface.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make mature; ripen, as fruit or cheese.
  2. to bring to full development:
  3. to complete or perfect:

verb (used without object)

  1. to become mature; ripen, as fruit or cheese.
  2. to come to full development:
  3. Finance. to become due, as a note.

Origin of mature

1400-50; late Middle English Latin mātūrus ripe, timely, early; akin to manes, matutinal

Examples for mature

Thus the young mite has only six legs, while the mature form has eight.

Doctors have long wrestled with the age of consent when it comes to mature adolescents.

Is neglecting to mature your mind, my boy, exactly the way to win the race?

But if you have a hearing and you prove that someone is mature enough, well then that state interest evaporates.

[But] it is permissible to separate them if the children are grown and mature.

They will have intelligence and curiosity that increases as they mature.

Five faces opposite—five mature faces—and the knowledge in each face.

Like all growths it will have an orderly development and mature by slow degrees.

His mature wit and poetic style drew in those around him and we connected instantly.

The mixing of mature and innocent can make people uncomfortable, which is often what Boyfriend wants.

Word Value for mature
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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