Found 4 items, similar to Mature.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: mature
dewasa
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: mature
balig, dewasa, masak, matang, mendewasakan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mature
mature
adj 1: characteristic of maturity;
“mature for her age” [ant:
immature]
2: fully considered and perfected;
“mature plans” [syn:
matured]
3: having reached full natural growth or development;
“a mature
cell” [ant:
immature]
4: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used;
“ripe peaches”;
“full-bodies mature wines” [syn:
ripe]
[ant:
green]
5: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used
in combination [syn:
fledged] [ant:
unfledged]
mature
v 1: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;
“He matured
fast”;
“The child grew fast” [syn:
maturate,
grow]
2: develop and work out fully in one's mind;
“I need to mature
my thoughts”
3: become due for repayment;
“These bonds mature in 2005”
4: cause to ripen or develop fully;
“The sun ripens the fruit”;
“Age matures a good wine” [syn:
ripen]
5: grow old or older;
“She aged gracefully”;
“we age every
day--what a depressing thought!”;
“Young men senesce”
[syn:
senesce,
age,
get on,
maturate]
6: cause to ripen and discharge pus;
“The oil suppurates the
pustules” [syn:
suppurate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mature
Mature
\Ma*ture"\, a. [Compar.
Maturer; superl.
Maturest.]
[L. maturus; prob. akin to E. matin.]
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1. 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.
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Now is love mature in ear. --Tennison.
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How shall I meet, or how accost, the sage,
Unskilled in speech, nor yet mature of age? --Pope.
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2. Completely worked out; fully digested or prepared; ready
for action; made ready for destined application or use;
perfected; as, a mature plan.
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This lies glowing, . . . and is almost mature for
the violent breaking out. --Shak.
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3. Of or pertaining to a condition of full development; as, a
man of mature years.
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4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
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Syn: Ripe; perfect; completed; prepared; digested; ready.
Usage:
Mature,
Ripe. Both words describe fullness of
growth. Mature brings to view the progressiveness of
the process; ripe indicates the result. We speak of a
thing as mature when thinking of the successive stayes
through which it has passed; as ripe, when our
attention is directed merely to its state. A mature
judgment; mature consideration; ripe fruit; a ripe
scholar.
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Mature
\Ma*ture"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Matured; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Maturing.] [See
Maturate,
Mature.]
To bring or hasten to maturity; to promote ripeness in; to
ripen; to complete; as, to mature one's plans. --Bacon.
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Mature
\Ma*ture"\, v. i.
1. To advance toward maturity; to become ripe; as, wine
matures by age; the judgment matures by age and
experience.
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2. Hence, to become due, as a note.
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