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adj
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
She is quite mature for her age.
The excellent mature eggplants grown in the garden plot are quickly being picked up by family and friends.
Brought to a state of complete readiness.
a mature plan
Profound; careful.
The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.
mature content
verb
To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
[…] his originality, in the mean time, was maturing to perfection.
To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
[…] Trees […] have alwayes Fruit upon them, ripe, or preparing to mature;
To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
[…] But these thoughts Full Counsel must mature:
[…] much it now Imports they should be still deceiv’d, till time Matures our enterprize;
To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.
[…] a ship well freighted with the stores The sun matures on India’s spicy shores,
There are certain vegetables like the tomato which require a long period to mature the fruit, and these must be started several weeks before the frosts have passed.
To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.