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Maturity

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.

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Date 76% connected

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Narrower term 3

Prime 76% connected

Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna

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Ripeness 76% connected

The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment.

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Youth 76% connected

of Youth

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Mature 74% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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Mature 74% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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Ripe 74% connected

The bank of a river.

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Ripe 74% connected

The bank of a river.

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Component part 6

Fifties 70% connected

of Fifty

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Forties 70% connected

See Forty.

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Majority 70% connected

The quality or condition of being major or greater; superiority.

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Teens 70% connected

The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.

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Thirties 70% connected

of Thirty

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Twenties 70% connected

of Twenty

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Immature 66% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Immature 66% connected

Not mature; unripe; not arrived at perfection of full development; crude; unfinished; as, immature fruit; immature character; immature plans.

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Mature 66% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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Mature 66% connected

Brought by natural process to completeness of growth and development; fitted by growth and development for any function, action, or state, appropriat…

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Synonym 1

Matureness 92% connected

The state or quality of being mature; maturity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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