mature

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 14.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   She is quite mature for her age.

2. adjective Brought to a state of complete readiness.

   a mature plan

3. adjective Profound; careful.

   The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.

4. adjective Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. adjective Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.

   mature content

6. verb To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
7. verb To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
8. verb To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.

Similar words

full-grown adult grownup full-blown maturate aged ripe age overripe mellow

Often followed by

and in enough age years trees deliberation at man

Word family

maturation maturational matured maturely maturer matures maturest maturing maturity