physical maturity

collocation in English

meaningsofphysicalandmaturity

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physical
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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maturity
noun[U]
uk
/məˈtʃʊə.rə.ti/us
/məˈtʊr.ə.t̬i/
the quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandmaturityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphysical maturity

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On the other hand, moral responsibility is imposed on any child who is mentally mature, regardless of his chronological age orphysicalmaturity.
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Second, we have completed a preliminary examination of the relationship betweenphysicalmaturity, marriage and child-bearing.
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Physicalmaturityis reached at about 14 years of age.
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First, it closes the gap betweenphysicalmaturityand the possibility of marriage.
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We are debating notphysicalmaturitybut the ability, in law, of a person to understand, and to give or withhold consent.
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Physicalmaturitynow comes earlier than it did, but—more important—social and moral maturity is assumed, and conceded at an earlier age.
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This can be advanced as an argument for reducing the gap in years betweenphysicalmaturityand marriageable age.
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They have had grave effects on the children who have had all the signs ofphysicalmaturitywithout emotional maturity.
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Ifphysicalmaturityis to be the determining point, the age of consent for girls at least would have to go down below 16.
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We all know of more important examples than that which show thatphysicalmaturityis coming earlier.
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I believe that this earlierphysicalmaturitysometimes produces more emotional upheaval in these teenagers.
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Theirphysicalmaturitycertainly comes decidedly earlier than it used to a generation ago.
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It is not only a matter ofphysicalmaturity: it is their better education.
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Increased earning power and earlierphysicalmaturityhave contributed to the post-war trend of earlier marriage.
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The first is the requirement ofphysicalmaturity.
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Should it bephysicalmaturity?
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First, far from being evidence that earlierphysicalmaturityhas been accompanied by earlier psychological maturity, the divorce rate and the crime rate tend to show precisely the reverse.
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For we must take into account the possible consequences arising out of the gap betweenphysicalmaturity and what we might consider to be a more complete maturity.
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