premature
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. Attested circa 1520.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/, /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/, /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/
Adjective[edit]
premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature)
- Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
- a premature birth
- premature reports of the singer's death
- Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
- 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial:
- I was lost in reveries of death, and the idea of premature burial held continual possession of my brain.
- (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.
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Translations[edit]
occurring before a state of readiness or maturity
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taking place earlier than anticipated
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Noun[edit]
premature (plural prematures)
- An infant born prematurely.
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Italian[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
premature
Noun[edit]
premature f pl
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