dictionary definitions for "maturity"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  maturity
      n 1: the period of time in your life after your physical growth
           has stopped and you are fully developed [syn:
           adulthood]
      2: state of being mature; full development [syn: matureness]
         [ant: immaturity]
      3: the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid
         [syn: maturity date, due date]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maturity \Ma*tu"ri*ty\, n. [L. maturitas: cf. F. maturit['e].]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. The state or quality of being mature; ripeness; full
        development; as, the maturity of corn or of grass;
        maturity of judgment; the maturity of a plan.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Arrival of the time fixed for payment; a becoming due;
        termination of the period a note, etc., has to run.
        [1913 Webster]


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