to mature
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3.5
- verb
- /məˈtʃʊr/
:
madurar
- Those roots will grow and mature if they are left to their own devices.
- children mature
- people mature
- students mature
Your job is just to see if this matures or if it dies.
- Your job is just to see if this matures or if it dies.
- And it let me mature as a more full human being.
- After it's matured, it's a lot harder, OK?
- A lot of what I do is create tools that help creative mature their vision.
- Now, the flavor will kind of mature as the fruit kind of ripens.
- And I change it and it changes me and I mature through the book.
- You can let them mature and you can shell them as well.
- That comes with maturing love, and that is passion.
- I think other children in other countries mature a lot faster.
- The soul is a living entity which is maturing in the oneness of the universe.
- And little girls tend to be faster to mature.
- I'm going to put you aside, let my brain mature a little bit.
- I'll get a job, I'll take a break, I'll mature a little bit.
- And hopefully as the space matures, as regulation comes in, things will improve.
- Research takes a long time to grow and then mature.
Examples
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The fruit needs some time to mature before it can be harvested and eaten.
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Your job is just to see if this matures or if it dies.
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I mean, look, we all mature as we get older, right?
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And it let me mature as a more full human being.
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And as you progress through life and you mature, things become more difficult.
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And by the end, Aaron has again matured into a person.
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I hoped that tolerance and understanding would continue to mature into the wisdom she is so capable of.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the course of forty years, a free democracy has matured in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Academic text (1990) -
I've matured a lot, Richard.
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Oaths and vows become progressively more serious as we mature in our sexual lives.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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1.0
Become larger or more physically mature
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1.6
To grow or change slowly to become more mature
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3.4
To grow and become more successful or confident
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2.9
To become ready to eat or use
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3.8
Gradually grow into a better or more mature form
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3.7
To grow and become more confident or successful
To develop fully, as a wound or cell that forms pus
Compounds
- Specialized
A common adult disease where blood sugar becomes too high and is often treated with diet and pills
How Mature
Surface Forms
Etymology
To mature comes from the old Latin verb maturare, meaning 'to ripen'. Like fruit that slowly ripens, to mature is to grow and become fully developed.