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{
"term": "mature",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "behaving in a sensible way, like an adult",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Jane is very mature for her age."
},
{
"text": "a mature and sensible attitude"
},
{
"text": "She tries to look mature and sophisticated."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages", "Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "fully grown and developed",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "sexually mature"
},
{
"text": "a mature oak/eagle/elephant"
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "developed over a period of time to produce a strong, rich taste",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used as a polite or humorous way of saying that somebody is no longer young",
"examples": [
{
"text": "clothes for the mature woman"
},
{
"text": "a man of mature years"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "created late in an artist’s life and showing great understanding and skill",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "ready to be paid",
"labels": "(business)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "after thinking about something carefully and for a long time",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/məˈtʃʊə(r)//məˈtʃɔː(r)/",
"audio": "ma/mature/mature__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/məˈtʃʊr//məˈtʊr/",
"audio": "ma/mature/mature__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin maturus ‘timely, ripe’; perhaps related to matins."
}