different between mature vs obsolete

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??tj??/, /m??t???/, /m??t???/
• (US) IPA^(key): /m??t??(?)?/, /m??t??/, /m??t(j)???/
• Rhymes: -??(?), -??(?), -??(?)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French mature, from Latin m?t?rus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English r?pe (“ripe, mature”).

Adjective

mature (comparative maturer or more mature, superlative maturest or most mature)

1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe.

2. Brought to a state of complete readiness.

3. Profound; careful.

4. (medicine, obsolete) Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration.
5. (television, film) Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc.

Synonyms

• (grown up in terms of physical appearance): adult, grown; see also Thesaurus:full-grown
• (grown up in terms of behaviour or thinking): adultish, grown up; see also Thesaurus:mature
• (suitable for adults only): adult; see also Thesaurus:for adults

Antonyms

• (grown up): childish, immature
• (profound): superficial

Derived terms

• maturation
• maturely
• matureness
• maturity
• sexually mature

Translations

Etymology 2

From French maturer (“to mature”), from Latin m?t?r?.

Verb

mature (third-person singular simple present matures, present participle maturing, simple past and past participle matured)

1. (intransitive) To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).

   Synonyms: develop, grow, progress, ripen

2. (intransitive, of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.

   Synonyms: ripen, ripen up

3. (transitive) To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion.
4. (transitive) To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.

   Synonym: ripen

5. (intransitive, of a person) To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age.

   Synonyms: age, develop, grow up; see also Thesaurus:to age

6. (transitive) To make (someone) mature.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:make older

7. (intransitive, finance) To reach the date when payment is due.

Synonyms

• maturate

Derived terms

• maturable
• mature up

Translations

Anagrams

• tamure

French

Etymology

From Middle French mature, borrowed from Latin m?t?rus. Doublet of mûr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ty?/
• Homophones: maturent, matures

Adjective

mature (plural matures)

1. (of a person) mature

Verb

mature

1. first-person singular present indicative of maturer
2. third-person singular present indicative of maturer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of maturer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of maturer
5. second-person singular imperative of maturer

Further reading

• “mature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ure

Adjective

mature f pl

1. feminine plural of maturo

Anagrams

• murate
• mutare
• muterà

Latin

Adjective

m?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of m?t?rus

References

• mature in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mature in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mature in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Middle English

Noun

mature

1. Alternative form of matere

Portuguese

Verb

mature

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of maturar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of maturar
3. third-person singular imperative of maturar

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??bs?li?t/
• (US) enPR: äbs??l?t, IPA^(key): /?bs??li?t/, /??bs?li?t/

Etymology 1

From Latin obsol?tus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsol?scere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.

Alternative forms

• absolete (obsolete)

Adjective

obsolete (comparative more obsolete, superlative most obsolete)

1. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).

   Synonyms: antiquated, deprecated, disused

2. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.

   Synonyms: abortive, obscure, rudimental

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "obsolete" is often applied: word, phrase, equipment, computer, technology, weapon, machine, law, statute, currency, building, idea, skill, concept, custom, theory, tradition, institution.

Synonyms

• (no longer in use): see also Thesaurus:obsolete

Derived terms

• obsoleteness

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin obsol?t? (“degrade, soil, sully, stain, defile”)

Verb

obsolete (third-person singular simple present obsoletes, present participle obsoleting, simple past and past participle obsoleted)

1. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.

Usage notes

• To obsolete is often used in computing and other technical fields to indicate an effort to remove or replace something.
• Compare deprecated (“no longer considered correct usage”).

Synonyms

• antiquate; see also Thesaurus:make older

Translations

Related terms

Further reading

• obsolete in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• obsolete in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• obsolete at OneLook Dictionary Search

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

obsolete

1. inflection of obsolet:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

obsolete f pl

1. feminine plural of obsoleto

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob.so?le?.te?/, [?ps?????e?t?e?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.so?le.te/, [?ps??l??t??]

Adverb

obsol?t? (comparative obsol?tius, superlative obsol?tissim?)

1. old
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ob.so?le?.te/, [?ps?????e?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /op.so?le.te/, [?ps??l??t??]

Participle

obsol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of obsol?tus

References

• obsolete in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers