mature

Definition for mature

adjective as in adult, grown-up

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complete, cultivated, cultured, developed, fit, grown, mellow, mellowed, perfected, prepared, prime, ready, ripe, ripened, seasoned, settled

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full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, fully grown, in full bloom, in one's prime, of age

verb as in become adult, fully grown

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bloom, blossom, develop, evolve, grow, grow up, mellow, mushroom, ripen

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advance, age, arrive, culminate, flower, maturate, perfect, prime, progress, round, season

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attain majority, become experienced, become wise, come of age, fill out, reach adulthood, reach majority, settle down, shoot up

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Some would be mature students sitting exams for the first time, but most would have been young people resitting papers.

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That rocketed annual inflation into triple digits and led to the crumbling of confidence among domestic and foreign investors, thus complicating the government’s ability to refinance its maturing debt obligations.

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"I think Bryson was a little immature back then, four years ago, but I think he is a much more mature player and more mature person now," Miceli told BBC Sport.

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Originally released in 1990, the record sold only two million copies in the U.S. and found Michael exploring more sophisticated and mature sounds.

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You want to see players grow up, mature and then move.

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