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Mature (adjective)
Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.
“She is quite mature for her age.”
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Mature (adjective)
Brought to a state of complete readiness.
“a mature plan”
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Mature (adjective)
Profound; careful.
“The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.”
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Mature (adjective)
Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
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Mature (verb)
To become mature; to ripen.
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Mature (verb)
To gain experience or wisdom with age.
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Mature (verb)
To make something mature.
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Mature (verb)
To reach the date when payment is due
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Young (adjective)
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
“a lamb is a young sheep;”
“these picture books are for young readers”
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Young (adjective)
At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
“the age of space travel is still young;”
“a young business”
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Young (adjective)
(Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
“How young is your dog?”
“Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.”
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Young (adjective)
Junior (of two related people with the same name).
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Young (adjective)
(of a decade of life) Early.
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Young (adjective)
Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
“My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.”
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Young (adjective)
Of or belonging to the early part of life.
“The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.”
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Young (adjective)
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
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Young (noun)
People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
“The young of today are well-educated.”
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Young (noun)
Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
“The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.”
“The lion’s young are curious.”
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Young (noun)
An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
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Young (verb)
To become or seem to become younger.
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Young (verb)
To cause to appear younger.
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Young (verb)
To exhibit younging.
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Young (adjective)
having lived or existed for only a short time
“a young girl”
“young tender mint leaves”
“the young are amazingly resilient”
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Young (adjective)
not as old as the norm or as would be expected
“more people were dying young”
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Young (adjective)
relating to or consisting of young people
“young love”
“the local Young Farmers’ club”
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Young (adjective)
immature or inexperienced
“she’s very young for her age”
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Young (adjective)
having the qualities associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism
“all those who are young at heart”
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Young (adjective)
used to denote the younger of two people of the same name
“Pitt the Younger”
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Young (adjective)
denoting the heir of a landed commoner
“Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod”
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Young (noun)
offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth
“many grebes carry their young on their backs”