Maturation
noun
noun ·4 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of becoming mature. countable, uncountable
- 2 (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus wordnet
- 3 The process of differentiation that produces the adult form of an organism. countable, uncountable
- 4 (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 wordnet
- 5 The process of maturating, or suppurating fully. countable, uncountable
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- 6 coming to full development; becoming mature wordnet
Example
More examples"November 15th is the seven-five-three festival, when parents with boys of five, girls of seven and either boys or girls of three celebrate their children's maturation, dress them in gay clothes and take them to shrines where they pray for their children's future."
Etymology
From Middle English maturacioun, from Middle French maturation, from Latin maturatio. By surface analysis, mature + -ation.
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