mature

English Online Dictionary. What means mature‎? What does mature mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈtjʊə/, /məˈt͡ʃʊə/, /məˈt͡ʃɔː/
  • (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): [mət͡ʃoː]
• (US) IPA^(key): /məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/, /məˈt͡ʃɝ/, /məˈt(j)ʊəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).

Adjective

mature (comparative more mature, superlative most mature)

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

2. Brought to a state of complete readiness.

3. Profound; careful.

4. (medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. (television, film) Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.

Synonyms

• (grown up in terms of physical appearance): adult, grown; see also Thesaurus:full-grown
• (grown up in terms of behaviour or thinking): adultish, grown up; see also Thesaurus:mature
• (suitable for adults only): adult; see also Thesaurus:for adults

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “grown up”): childish, immature
• (antonym(s) of “profound”): superficial

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English maturen, from Middle French maturer (“to mature”), from Latin mātūrō.

Verb

mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)

1. (intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).

   Synonyms: develop, grow, progress, ripen
2. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.

   Synonyms: ripen, ripen up
3. (transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
4. (transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.

   Synonym: ripen
5. (intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.

   Synonyms: age, develop, grow up; see also Thesaurus:to age

6. (transitive) To make (someone) mature.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make older
7. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.

Synonyms

• maturate

Derived terms

• maturable
• mature up

Translations

Anagrams

• tamure

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French mature, borrowed from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of mûr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tyʁ/
• Homophones: maturent, matures

Adjective

mature (plural matures)

1. (of a person) mature

Verb

mature

1. inflection of maturer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: ma‧tù‧re

Adjective

mature f pl

1. feminine plural of maturo

Anagrams

• murate, mutare, muterà, tamurè

Latin

Adjective

mātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of mātūrus

Adverb

mātūrē (comparative mātūrius, superlative mātūrissimē)

1. early, speedy, ripe, mature, mellow, timely, seasonable

References

• “mature”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mature”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• mature - Latin is Simple Online Dictionary

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle French mature and its etymon Latin mātūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /maːˈtiu̯r(ə)/

Adjective

mature (rare, Late Middle English)

1. mature (ripe)
2. mature (careful)

Descendants

• English: mature

References

• “mā̆tūre, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

mature

1. Alternative form of matere

Etymology 3

Verb

mature

1. Alternative form of maturen

Portuguese

Verb

mature

1. inflection of maturar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative