maturation

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noun

The process of becoming mature.

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ripeningmaturementgrowthgrowingdevelopmentontogenyontogenesisfestering
OriginMiddle English maturacioun ← Middle French maturation ← Latin maturatio →
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Meanings

nounmaturation (countable and uncountable, plural maturations)

plural maturations

  1. countableuncountableThe process of becoming mature.
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism.
  3. countableuncountablemedicineThe process of maturating, or suppurating fully.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncoming to full development; becoming mature

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ripeningmaturement
Broader
organic processbiological process

noun(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

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growthgrowingdevelopmentontogenyontogenesis
Broader
organic processbiological process

noun(medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

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festeringsuppuration
Broader
bodily processbody processbodily function
Also see
developmentfesteringgrowinggrowthmaturementmaturizationontogenesisontogenyripeningsuppuration

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmaturatio
  2. Middle Frenchmaturation
  3. Middle Englishmaturacioun
  4. Englishmaturation

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

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Translations

Catalan maduració
  • maduracióprocess of becoming mature
Chinese Mandarin 成熟
  • 成熟 (chéngshú)process of becoming mature
Finnish kypsyminen
  • kypsyminenprocess of becoming mature
French maturation
  • maturationprocess of becoming mature
German Reifung
  • Reifungprocess of becoming mature
Greek ωρίμανση
  • ωρίμανση (orímansi)process of becoming mature
Italian maturazione, crescita
  • maturazioneprocess of becoming mature
  • crescitaprocess of becoming mature
Japanese 成熟
  • 成熟 (seijuku)process of becoming mature
Portuguese maturação
  • maturaçãoprocess of becoming mature
Russian созрева́ние
  • созрева́ние (sozrevánije)process of becoming mature
Spanish maduración
  • maduraciónprocess of becoming mature
Turkish olgunlaşma
  • olgunlaşmaprocess of becoming mature

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

maturation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maturation

MLA

“maturation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maturation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maturation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maturation.

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