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Word: Maturity
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin maturitas, from maturus (see mature)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məˈtʃʊərɪti
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
məˈtʃɔːrɪti
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the state, fact, or period of being mature
Short Definition:state, fact, or period of being mature
Examples:- the progress of an ingénue from childhood to maturity
- the fish takes 35 years to reach maturity
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