The meaning of MATURE is having completed natural growth and development : ripe. How to use mature in a sentence.

MATURE meaning: 1. Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well developed emotionally: 2. A…. Learn more.

1. fully developed in body or mind. 2. complete in natural growth or development: mature plants. 3. a. ripe: mature peaches. b. fully aged: mature wine.

pertaining to or characteristic of full development: a mature appearance; fruit with a mature softness. completed, perfected, or elaborated in full by the mind: mature plans.

Definition of mature adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

6 days ago · Adjective mature (comparative more mature, superlative most mature) Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

There are 22 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word mature, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.