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mature
adjective as in adult, grown-up
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Strong matches
complete, cultivated, cultured, developed, fit, grown, mellow, mellowed, perfected, prepared, prime, ready, ripe, ripened, seasoned, settled
Weak matches
full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, fully grown, in full bloom, in one's prime, of age
verb as in become adult, fully grown
Strong matches
advance, age, arrive, culminate, flower, maturate, perfect, prime, progress, round, season
Weak matches
attain majority, become experienced, become wise, come of age, fill out, reach adulthood, reach majority, settle down, shoot up
Example Sentences
Ricky is thrilled: "He's doing really well. We have seen him progressing in his speech, and mobility. In just three months he has matured."
"What we've found is we can carry 25% more cows on the farm, because the young stock are growing and maturing so much faster and the cows are yielding 25% more milk," he said.
"Every time you build something so grand... it takes time for the market to mature," he said.
These adult stem cells were limited in function and could only mature into retinal pigment epithelial cells.
Naturally, as you go from there to there, you learn different things, you mature, you grow, stuff like that.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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