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
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
The Elibank plot must have been maturing, though no light is thrown on it by the papers of the summer of 1752.
From Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles by Andrew Lang
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
