He has a mature outlook on life Having or showing the mental and emotional qualities of an adult His parents didn't think he was mature enough to live on his own
Attractive mature teacher by Bernd Oswald - Playground
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Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well developed emotionally
If you describe someone as mature, you think that they are fully developed and balanced in their personality and emotional behaviour. 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. Anything that is fully developed, like an aged cheese or bottle of wine, can also be called mature The word can also refer to something that is only appropriate for people who are considered legal adults, like the movie that is for mature audiences only.
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. Complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms. See examples of mature used in a sentence. Mature (comparative more mature, superlative most mature) fully developed
Grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking
