Maturity Definition

mə-tyo͝orĭ-tē, -to͝or-, -cho͝or-
maturities
noun
maturities
The state or quality of being mature.
Webster's New World
A becoming due.
Webster's New World
The time at which a note, etc. becomes due.
Webster's New World
The state of a note or bond being due.
American Heritage
A stage in the development of streams or landscapes at which maximum development has been reached or at which the process of erosion is going on with maximum vigor. Maturity of a landscape continues throughout the period of maximum topographic differentiation or until about three fourths of the original mass is carried away by erosion.
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Other Word Forms of Maturity

Noun

Singular:
maturity
Plural:
maturities

Origin of Maturity

  • Middle English maturite from Old French from Latin mātūritās from mātūrus mature mature

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • mature + -ity

    From Wiktionary

Maturity Sentence Examples

  • The kids are born small, but grow fast, and arrive early at maturity.

  • Oats are cut shortly before reaching maturity, when they are known as oat-hay.

  • They come to maturity about July or August.

  • A pine cone reaches maturity in two years; a single year suffices for the full development in Larix and several other genera.

  • The mangel crop also is mainly English, the summer in most parts of Scotland being neither long enough nor warm enough to bring it to maturity.

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