mature person

collocation in English

meaningsofmatureandperson

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mature
adjective
uk
/məˈtʃʊər/us
/məˈtʊr/
Mature people behave like adults in a way that shows they are well ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofmatureandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The kind ofmaturepersonwho wants to work, who has thought it all out and is ready to work, is only one class.
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Obviously, as all will recognise, that can affect a young person to a greater extent than it will an older and morematureperson.
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I am encouraging, through changes in the regulations affecting teacher qualifications, the morematurepersonor the person with an overseas qualification.
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It is thematureperson, the middle-aged person who does not know whether to dodge backwards or whether to go on running.
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I am amatureperson, not a young person who might be susceptible to that.
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I believe that the state of our press is such that it is impossible to become amaturepersonwithout being aware of those diseases.
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The morematurepersonmight also be brought in.
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This is to ensure the appointment of an adult andmatureperson, experienced in industry who will be no stranger to the industrial background.
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There is the whole potential of thematurepersonseeking a first chance in higher education or perhaps progressing into continuing education.
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Thematurepersonwill not be a threat to other employees' promotion or advancement.
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She is amaturepersonof 30 years of age and a student of law.
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A boy between 16 and 17 is not a verymatureperson.
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That may be necessary for a service which comes into the home and cannot be sampled in advance by a singlematurepersonand if necessary censored.
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It is quite wrong to think that a student of 19 or 20 can work under conditions which would not produce useful results from a much morematureperson.
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Nomaturepersonwho reads this novel will ever seriously regret his lost youth or wish he were young again....
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It will make me a better, more mature footballer and a morematurepersonas well.
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Gengorou is depicted as a kind andmatureperson.
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Despite being a young lad of 20, they found amaturepersonin him.
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She changes from a confident,matureperson, to something more like a typical schoolgirl with a huge crush.
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She at first appears to be a verymatureperson, however, her true nature is quite the opposite.
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