## Meanings
1. Behaving in a sensible, grown-up way.
2. Fully grown or developed.
3. To become fully grown or developed; to behave in a more sensible way.
4. (of an investment) To reach the time when it becomes payable.

## Examples
- She is quite mature for her age.
- A mature oak tree can be very tall.
- Children mature at different rates.
- These bonds mature in five years.

## Synonyms
- full-grown
- grown
- maturate

## Antonyms
- childish
- immature
- superficial

## Derived Forms
- dysmature
- hypermature
- hypomature
- maturable
- maturase
- maturation
- maturely
- maturement
- matureness
- maturish
- maturity
- nonmature

## Related Forms
- full-grown

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *meh₂-
- Root: mature
- Root: mātūrus

## Etymology
From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”).

## AI Etymology
Mature comes from late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”). In present-day English its meanings include behaving in a sensible, grown-up way, fully grown or developed, and to become fully grown or developed; to behave in a more sensible way. The historical chain runs through *meh₂- (Proto-Indo-European), mature (Middle English), mature (Middle French), and mātūrus (Latin). Related and derived forms include full-grown, dysmature, hypermature, and hypomature.

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