Maturity

Noun

 * 1) The state of being mature, ready or ripe
 * ''Some foods and drinks, like wine, only reach their full taste at maturity, which literally comes at a price
 * 1) When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin
 * ''The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate.
 * ''Some insect species reach sexual maturity well before their own bodily maturity
 * 1)  Date when payment is due
 * The note was cashed at maturity.

Synonyms

 * matureness
 * ripeness
 * adulthood
 * (finance) due date

Antonyms

 * immaturity

Derived terms

 * maturity date
 * sexual maturity

Related terms

 * maturation

Adjectives for Maturity
fairest; complete; precocious; ripened; mysterious; surprising; hypothetical; indescribable; emotional; warm; rapid; cold; respectable; serene; luxuriant; sumptuous; ouxonio

Verbs for Maturity
abide till—; approach—; attain—; grow in —; impede—; merge into—; settle into—; tarry—; undergo—; —charms; —limits; — mellows; —ripens; —subdues; —sweetens; —teaches; —transforms.

Thesaurus
ability, accounts payable, accounts receivable, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, amount due, applicability, bad debts, bill, bills, borrowing, capability, charges, chits, close, competence, competency, completing, completion, conclusion, condition, consummation, culmination, debt, driving age, due, dues, end, ending, financial commitment, finish, finishing, fitness, fittedness, floating debt, flower of age, full age, full bloom, full development, full growth, fullgrownness, fullness, funded debt, grown-upness, indebtedness, indebtment, legal age, legalis homo, liability, majority, manhood, manlihood, mastery, maturation, mature age, mellowness, national debt, obligation, operability, outstanding debt, perfection, pledge, preparedness, prime, prime of life, proficiency, public debt, qualification, readiness, ripe age, ripeness, riper years, rounding off, rounding out, score, seasoning, suitability, suitableness, suitedness, tempering, termination, terminus, toga virilis, topping off, trim, uncollectibles, unfulfilled pledge, virility, windup, womanhood, womanlihood, years of discretion

Etymology
mature + -ity

Translations

 * Arabic: نضج
 * Chinese:
 * Dutch: maturiteit, rijpheid
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: maturita
 * Italian: maturità
 * Japanese:


 * Polish: dojrzałość
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: зрелость
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: madurez
 * Telugu: పరిపక్వత (paripakvata)


 * Dutch: maturiteit, geslachtsrijpheid, volwassenheid, wasdom
 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish: dojrzałość, dorosłość
 * Portuguese:


 * Romanian:
 * Slovene: odraslost
 * Telugu: పరిపక్వత (paripakvata)


 * Dutch: vervaldag, betaaldatum
 * Finnish: eräpäivä, maturiteetti


 * Slovene: zapadlost


 * : maturité
 * : abaichead m, foirfeachd f, inbhe f, inbheachd f, ìre f, iomlanachd f