maturity
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3.3
- noun
- /məˈtʃʊrɪti/
:
madurez
- Her emotional maturity allowed her to handle the difficult situation calmly.
- reach maturity
- emotional maturity
- grow to maturity
We must show that we have the maturity and wisdom to act.
- We must show that we have the maturity and wisdom to act.
- Where is their current level of maturity and are they growing?
- So I think there's introduction, growth, maturity and parody.
- These questions indicate maturity of our intellect.
- And they also didn't have necessarily the maturity or the tools to have context.
- Every empire has had a period of birth, growth, maturity, peak decline, disappearance.
- So for this, we need to come to a certain level of maturity within ourselves.
- So when you take math classes, your mathematical maturity goes up.
- Their, their business maturity is young.
- And so he he just, he just needs time and training and maturity like everybody else.
- Andrew asks, how can I improve my emotional maturity?
- And here it goes again, where we devolve into junior high school maturity level humor.
- Because he respected him for his work ethic and his balance, his maturity.
- That's the signal of adult maturity.
- It takes maturity, which is a word you just used.
Examples
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The days turned to years, and with the years came maturity.
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The separation of church and state is a sign of human maturity and is irrevocable.
Academic text (1999) -
Where is their current level of maturity and are they growing?
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So for this, we need to come to a certain level of maturity within ourselves.
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If only you had the maturity to listen to them well.
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We must show that we have the maturity and wisdom to act.
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The purpose is to assess their emotional maturity, commitment to program goals, and responsibility.
Academic text (2015) -
Young people are achieving physical maturity earlier, continuing their education longer, and marrying later.
Academic text (1999) -
And I must say, it isn't often that we have an applicant of your maturity and... varied experience.
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Now, with hindsight and a little bit more maturity, I look back and yearn for missed opportunities.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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3.1
The time in life when a person is fully grown and has more responsibilities
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6.7
The way a person acts responsibly and calmly when grown up
A state of being fully grown and behaving in a calm, sensible way
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A condition in adults where the body cannot use insulin well, causing high blood sugar
- Archaic
A long term illness in adults where the body cannot use sugar well and is treated by diet or pills
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Maturity comes from the Latin word maturus, which means 'ripe' or 'ready'. Think of fruit becoming ripe and ready to eat — that image helps: a person's maturity is when they are fully grown or emotionally ready.