mature
adjective
complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms.
have been maturing
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present perfect progressiveof mature.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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These are extraordinary grain and malt whiskies that have been maturing slowly since 1952.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2011
Plans for rearranging Government functions within the Cabinet departments and, perhaps, creating new departments have been maturing for several years.
From Time Magazine Archive
The events of the last three days, Mercédès, have been maturing in the womb of Providence for the past ten years.
From Edmond Dantès by Edmund Flagg
To be frank with you, Robson, I have been maturing something of the kind.”
From The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War by W. Boucher
Whence can we look for harvest, since the months which should have been maturing the corn have been chilled by Boreas?
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Thomas Hodgkin
