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MATURITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
State of being mature; full development
Synonyms:
matureness; maturity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("maturity" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Attribute:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
immature (not yet mature)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maturity"):
adulthood (the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity)
ripeness (the state of being ripe)
youth (early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced)
post-maturity; post-menopause (the state in which women have stopped ovulating)
Antonym:
immaturity (not having reached maturity)
Derivation:
mature ((of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination)
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
Synonyms:
adulthood; maturity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("maturity" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Meronyms (parts of "maturity"):
middle age (the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age))
voting age (the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections)
drinking age (the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages)
legal age; majority (the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs)
fifties; mid-fifties (the time of life between 50 and 60)
forties; mid-forties (the time of life between 40 and 50)
mid-thirties; thirties; thirty-something (the time of life between 30 and 40)
mid-twenties; twenties (the time of life between 20 and 30)
teens (the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maturity"):
prime; prime of life (the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest)
Derivation:
mature (having reached full natural growth or development)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The date on which an obligation must be repaid
Synonyms:
due date; maturity; maturity date
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("maturity" is a kind of...):
date; day of the month (the specified day of the month)
Context examples:
The branch of endocrinology concerned with changes in the metabolism and physiology of hormonal secretions that take place between fertilization and maturity.
(Developmental Endocrinology, NCI Thesaurus)
In spite of the maturity of his years and of the savage rigidity of the mould that had formed him, his nature was undergoing an expansion.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The branch of neurobiology concerned with the changes that take place in the nervous system between fertilization and maturity.
(Developmental Neurobiology, NCI Thesaurus)
The branch of anatomy concerned with the structural changes that take place between fertilization and maturity.
(Developmental Anatomy, NCI Thesaurus)
Most varieties stand about 1-2 ft (0.3-0.6 m) tall at maturity.
(Allium sativum, NCI Thesaurus)
The numerical value that represents a clinical assessment of neurological and physical criteria, performed between birth and five days of age, to determine an infant's gestational age and maturity.
(Dubowitz Score, NCI Thesaurus)
All the fruits of the earth shall come to maturity at whatever season we think fit to choose, and increase a hundred fold more than they do at present; with innumerable other happy proposals.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
This may be bad morality to conclude with, but I believe it to be truth; and if such parties succeed, how should a Captain Wentworth and an Anne Elliot, with the advantage of maturity of mind, consciousness of right, and one independent fortune between them, fail of bearing down every opposition?
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Family and friends have noticed your growing maturity and accorded you much admiration for how well you are doing.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
And his fresh mind, untaxed for twenty years and impelled by maturity of desire, gripped hold of what he read with a virility unusual to the student mind.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
