noun [U]
1 the quality of thinking and behaving in a sensible, adult manner:
He has maturity beyond his years. * Her poems show great maturity.
compareIMMATURITY
2 (of a person, an animal, or a plant) the state of being fully grown or developed:
The forest will take 100 years to reach maturity.
compareIMMATURITY
3 (business) (of an insurance policy, etc.) the time when money you have invested is ready to be paid
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for maturity is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does maturity appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — maturity appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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