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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A promotional decision that might take a mature brand six weeks “can take less than 10 minutes for an insurgent brand,” says Charlotte Apps, a consumer-brands expert at Bain.

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The long-beleaguered business of charging battery-powered cars is maturing after a two-year construction spree.

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Sakaguchi then isolated mature T-cells from genetically identical mice and injected them into the mice without a thymus, and that appeared to protect them.

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His discovery helped answer twin mysteries: How were Schwarzman’s newly planted trees—some mature and thirsty—still alive after one of Britain’s hottest and driest years on record?

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"It said there was a lack of mature models, so I thought I'd fill in the form for fun," she tells BBC's Morning Live.

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