What part of speech is maturing?

Maturing can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. maturing is a verb, gerund of mature (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does maturing mean?

Definitions

Verb

mature - develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation; "He matured fast"; "The child grew fast"
mature - develop and work out fully in one's mind; "I need to mature my thoughts"
mature - become due for repayment; "These bonds mature in 2005"
mature - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
mature - cause to ripen and discharge pus; "The oil suppurates the pustules"
mature - cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"

Examples of maturing

#   Sentence  
1. verb The idea to propose computer-based training to salaried employees is maturing in businesses.
2. verb Salmon and steelhead start their lives in freshwater streams and tributaries. They then migrate downstream, rearing and maturing, before they reach the ocean. They live in the ocean for 2 to 5 years, migrating thousands of miles, before beginning the journey upstream to their natal streams where they spawn to produce the next generation of fish.
3. verb Kenya is under siege by swarms of maturing desert locusts that threaten to ruin farmers’ crops and pastures.
4. verb I need to mature my thoughts.
5. verb These bonds mature in 2005.
6. verb The two developments, he said, could eventually enable China's space program to mature to the point that experts could assemble and launch from Earth's orbit a spacecraft capable of circling the moon with astronauts and returning home.
7. verb some parents would not eat there fish till a certain age jack dempsey for example would not eat there offspring till they mature but i would move the baby fish into a smaller tank and feed them flakes.
8. verb It takes two years for the butterfly to mature.
9. verb These oranges mature fast.
10. verb Girls mature faster than boys.
11. verb The Pirate Party could mature into a political driving force.
12. verb You need to grow up and mature a bit.
13. verb Wine is put in barrels to mature.
14. verb Algeria is seeking to mature its economy.
15. verb Love is like life itself, not a comfortable and quiet situation, but a big, wonderful adventure. Marriage is not the end, but an opportunity to mature.
16. adj. A mature cell.
17. adj. Mature for her age.
18. adj. Mature plans.
19. adj. Full-bodied mature wines.
Sentence  
verb
The idea to propose computer-based training to salaried employees is maturing in businesses.
Salmon and steelhead start their lives in freshwater streams and tributaries. They then migrate downstream, rearing and maturing, before they reach the ocean. They live in the ocean for 2 to 5 years, migrating thousands of miles, before beginning the journey upstream to their natal streams where they spawn to produce the next generation of fish.
Kenya is under siege by swarms of maturing desert locusts that threaten to ruin farmers’ crops and pastures.
I need to mature my thoughts.
These bonds mature in 2005.
The two developments, he said, could eventually enable China's space program to mature to the point that experts could assemble and launch from Earth's orbit a spacecraft capable of circling the moon with astronauts and returning home.
some parents would not eat there fish till a certain age jack dempsey for example would not eat there offspring till they mature but i would move the baby fish into a smaller tank and feed them flakes.
It takes two years for the butterfly to mature.
These oranges mature fast.
Girls mature faster than boys.
The Pirate Party could mature into a political driving force.
You need to grow up and mature a bit.
Wine is put in barrels to mature.
Algeria is seeking to mature its economy.
Love is like life itself, not a comfortable and quiet situation, but a big, wonderful adventure. Marriage is not the end, but an opportunity to mature.
adj.
A mature cell.
Mature for her age.
Mature plans.
Full-bodied mature wines.

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