maturation
maturation · maturations
созревание
Reifung
The process of becoming matureThe process of becoming mature.
US/mˌætʃɚˈeɪʃən/
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The process of becoming mature.
Reifung
созрева́ниеsozrevánije
coming to full development; becoming mature
(countable, uncountable)The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
(countable, uncountable)The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
process of becoming mature:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
process of becoming mature:
Origin
From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By sFrom Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.
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Forms
plural: maturations| Singular | maturation |
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Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- coming to full development; becoming mature:ripeningmaturement
- (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus:festeringsuppuration
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level:growthgrowingdevelopmentontogenyontogenesis
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable