He has a mature outlook on life His parents didn't think he was mature enough to live on his own. Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well developed emotionally Fully developed in body or mind Complete in natural growth or development Fully developed in body or mind, as a person
Pertaining to or characteristic of full development Fruit with a mature softness. The rundown hilary duff has officially made her return to music with her new single, “mature.” the song is an ode to her younger self and a previous relationship “i was looking back on this. There are 21 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.
See examples of mature used in a sentence. If you describe someone as mature, you think that they are fully developed and balanced in their personality and emotional behaviour. Young, youthful, immature, juvenile, green, adolescent, unripe, burgeoning
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