How to use mature in a sentence. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well developed emotionally
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If you describe someone as mature, you think that they are fully developed and balanced in their personality and emotional behaviour.
Fully developed in body or mind
Complete in natural growth or development Fully developed in body or mind, as a person Pertaining to or characteristic of full development Fruit with a mature softness.
Anything that is fully developed, like an aged cheese or bottle of wine, can also be called mature The word can also refer to something that is only appropriate for people who are considered legal adults, like the movie that is for mature audiences only. Complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms. See examples of mature used in a sentence.
There are 21 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word mature, three of which are labelled obsolete
See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Definition of mature adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary
