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Maturing

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

📖 Definitions of "Maturing"

verb

1
To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities).
2
(of food, especially fruit) To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe.
3
To bring (something) to maturity, full development or completion.
4
To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature.

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
maturationnoun	The process of becoming mature.
ripeningnoun	The process of becoming ripe.
maturementnoun	maturation

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
maturationnoun	The process of becoming mature.
maturementnoun	maturation
ripeningnoun	The process of becoming ripe.
ageingnoun	UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of aging.
agingnoun	The process of becoming older or more mature.
applicable	Suitable for application, relevant.
appropriateverb	(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
changingnoun	Change; alteration.
deadlineverb	(military) To render an item non-mission-capable; to ground an aircraft, etc.
evolvingverb	(transitive) To change or transform (something).
expiring	Ending, terminating, dying.
expirynoun	(British, New Zealand, Australia) End; termination; expiration.
maturitynoun	The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression.
ripenessnoun	The characteristic of being ripe.
advancingnoun	The act of proceeding forward; an advance.
growingnoun	growth; increase
developingnoun	In the process of development.
blossomingnoun	The act or process by which something blossoms.
solidifyingnoun	The process of something becoming solid.
perfectingnoun	The bringing of something to a state of perfection.