Word Meaning

mature definition and meaning

superl. Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriate to its kind; full-grown; ripe.
superl. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready for action; made ready for destined application or use; perfected; as, a mature plan.
superl. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a man of mature years.
superl. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
v. t. To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans.
v. i. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine matures by age; the judgment matures by age and experience.
v. i. Hence, to become due, as a note.

Crossword clues for mature

- Age
- Fully developed
- Fully developed physically
- Fully-grown
- Grow old
- Grown-up
- Precocious
- Ripe
- Ripen