{
    "term": "mature",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "behaving in a sensible way, like an adult",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Jane is very mature for her age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mature and sensible attitude"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She tries to look mature and sophisticated."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages", "Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "fully grown and developed",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "sexually mature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a mature oak/eagle/elephant"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "developed over a period of time to produce a strong, rich taste",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used as a polite or humorous way of saying that somebody is no longer young",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "clothes for the mature woman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a man of mature years"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "created late in an artist’s life and showing great understanding and skill",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "ready to be paid",
            "labels": "(business)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "after thinking about something carefully and for a long time",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈtʃʊə(r)//məˈtʃɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "ma/mature/mature__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈtʃʊr//məˈtʊr/",
                "audio": "ma/mature/mature__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin maturus ‘timely, ripe’; perhaps related to matins."
}