mature
pronunciation
How to pronounce mature in British English:
UK [məˈtʃʊə(r)]
How to pronounce mature in American English:
US [məˈtʃʊr]
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- Verb:
- develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
- develop and work out fully in one's mind
- become due for repayment
- cause to ripen or develop fully
- grow old or older
- cause to ripen and discharge pus
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- Adjective:
- characteristic of maturity
- fully considered and perfected
- having reached full natural growth or development
- fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
- (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination
Word Origin
- mature
- mature: [15] ‘Earliness’ is the etymological notion underlying the word mature. It goes back ultimately to a pre-Latin base *mātu-, which produced the Latin adjective mātūrus ‘timely, early’, direct source of the English word (in Old French mātūrus became mur ‘ripe’, which played a part in the emergence of English demure). Another Latin derivative of *mātu- was Mātūta, the name of the Roman goddess of the dawn. From this in turn was derived the adjective mātūtīnus ‘of the morning’, source of English matins [13] and matutinal ‘of the morning’ [17].=> demure, matins
- mature (v.)
- late 14c., "encourage suppuration;" mid-15c. "bring to maturity," from Latin maturare "to ripen, bring to maturity," from maturus "ripe, timely, early," related to manus "good" and mane "early, of the morning," from PIE root *ma- (1) "good," with derivatives meaning "occurring at a good moment, timely, seasonable, early." Meaning "come or bring to maturity" is from 1620s. The financial sense of "reach the time for payment" is from 1861. Related: Matured; maturing.
- mature (adj.)
- mid-15c., "ripe," also "careful, well-considered," from Latin maturus "ripe, timely, early" (see mature (v.)).
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Example
- 1. When markets mature they become commoditized over time .
- 2. Cook is talking about mature products and mature businesses when he takes the stage on behalf of apple .
- 3. Overprotective parents shield their children from adversity , but also from hardships that help them mature .
- 4. Their laws on public demonstrations are very mature .
- 5. The european energy market is huge , but mature .