Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of becoming mature.

    Reifung

    созрева́ниеsozrevánije

    coming to full development; becoming mature

  2. (countable, uncountable)The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

Translations

7 languages
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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 s

From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.

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Forms

plural: maturations
Singularmaturation
Pluralmaturations

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close 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 words

See also

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