mature

/məˈtʃʊr/

意味: 成長する、大人になる

例文: Kai is slowly maturing.
　　  カイはゆっくりと大人になっている。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: mature adult(成熟した大人), mature decision(成熟した決定), mature tree(成熟した木)

定義: 成熟した、成長した、または大人っぽい状態を指します。人や動物が完全に成長したり、物事が十分に発展したりした状態を表します。また、考え方や行動が大人っぽく、責任感があることも意味します。

matureは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation
Verb: develop and work out fully in one’s mind
Verb: become due for repayment
Verb: cause to ripen or develop fully
Verb: grow old or older
Verb: cause to ripen and discharge pus
Adjective: characteristic of maturity
Adjective: fully considered and perfected
Adjective: having reached full natural growth or development
Adjective: fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
Adjective: (of birds) having developed feathers or plumage; often used in combination

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She is mature beyond her years.(彼女は年齢以上に成熟している。)
The fruit will mature in three weeks.(果物は3週間で熟す。)
He gave a mature response to the criticism.(彼は批判に成熟した返答をした。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: He matured fast
Verb: The child grew fast
Verb: I need to mature my thoughts
Verb: These bonds mature in 2005
Verb: The sun ripens the fruit
Verb: Age matures a good wine
Verb: She aged gracefully
Verb: we age every day–what a depressing thought!
Verb: Young men senesce
Verb: The oil suppurates the pustules
Adjective: mature for her age
Adjective: mature plans
Adjective: a mature cell
Adjective: ripe peaches
Adjective: full-bodied mature wines

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): age, fledged, get on, grow, maturate, mature, matured, ripe, ripen, senesce, suppurate

Antonyms(反意語): green, immature, unfledged

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, develop, draw, explicate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, adolesce, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ascend, ash, assibilate, assimilate, assume, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, bloom, blossom, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, break into, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, bud, build up, calcify, camp, capacitate, capture, carbonate, caseate, catch, catch on, cause to sleep, centralize, change by reversal, change integrity, change intensity, change magnitude, change posture, change shape, change state, change surface, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clinker, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, collapse, color, come, come in, come round, commercialize, communize, commute, complexify, complicate, concretize, condense, confuse, conjugate, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, crash, creolize, cry, cure, customize, damage, darken, dawn, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decalcify, decarboxylate, decay, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, dedifferentiate, deepen, defervesce, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, deoxidize, depersonalize, depolarize, desalinate, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, die, differentiate, digest, digitize, dim, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distill, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dress, drift, drop, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, evolve, excite, extend, exteriorize, fail, fall, fall for, fatten, felt, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flip, flocculate, fly, fold, form, format, foul, freeze, frenchify, freshen, full, gel, gelatinize, give way, glamorize, glaze, glorify, go out, gradate, grow, gum, habituate, harden, harmonize, harshen, have, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hush, hydrate, hydrogenate, hydrolyze, ice up, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, incubate, indispose, indurate, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introject, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, ionize, islamize, isomerize, keratinize, laicize, leave, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, lighten, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mature, mechanize, mellow, militarize, mince, mix, modernize, modify, mold, morph, move, muddy, mutate, mythologize, narrow, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, obsolesce, occidentalize, occult, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidise, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, pass, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, play out, poison, polarize, politicize, port, prim, professionalize, progress, promote, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recede, receive, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, redevelop, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, regress, rejuvenate, relax, remodel, reorient, repress, restore, resume, reticulate, revolutionize, right, ripen, rise, roll, romanticize, round off, rusticate, salinate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, senesce, sensitize, sentimentalize, separate, sequester, set, settle, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shear, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smoothen, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solarize, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, spot, sputter, stabilize, stagnate, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, stratify, strengthen, string, sublime, substitute, suburbanize, suffuse, superannuate, supercharge, supple, suppurate, suspend, sweeten, swing, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, synthesize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpire, transpose, turn, turn back, turn on, uglify, ulcerate, unclutter, undergo, undulate, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulcanize, vulgarise, warm, warm up, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): dote, find oneself, fossilize, grow up, ripen, turn

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: age, growing, growth, maturation, maturement, matureness, maturity, ripeness, ripening, senescent, suppuration

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

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Exam Level

高校レベル

英検2級

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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