matured
USmuh-CHUURD/məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹd/UKmuh-CHAWD/mət͡ʃoːd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of mature.
The wine matured slowly in oak barrels before bottling.
His judgment matured noticeably after a few hard years on the job.
Note
Because mature works both with and without an object, its participle takes either auxiliary. When a thing ripens on its own, use have: the plan has matured. When someone brings it to ripeness, the passive with be is open: the cheese was matured in caves. The form also serves as an adjective that grades with more and most, as in a more matured judgment.
matured is a form of mature
mature, verb: To become mature or full-grown, physically or psychologically, gaining experience and wisdom with age. Full entry
- Spelling
- mature → matured: add -d
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