premature en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/ (UK)
- /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/ (US)
- /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/ (US)
Etymology
From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.
Meanings
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Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
a premature birth
premature reports of the singer's death
Secondly, technical development must have reached an advanced stage: communism in a premature state would only be generalized poverty.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 160:
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Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired.
I was lost in reveries of death, and the idea of premature burial held continual possession of my brain.
1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial:
- (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most premature | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| præmature | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| more premature | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
overdue · nonpremature · punctual
Deriveds
premature ejaculation · preemie · premature optimisation · premature birth · premature optimization · unpremature · prematureness · premature ejaculator · premature antifascist · prematurity · nonpremature · prematurely
Hyponyms
Relateds
unprepared · unexpected · prematurely · prompt
Synonyms
anticipatory · premature · precocious · previous · hasty · precipitate · forward · prevenient · unseasonable · untimely · early
Translations (57)
be перадча́сны (taking place earlier than anticipated) · ru преждевре́менный (taking place earlier than anticipated) · cmn 先期的 (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · be перадча́сны (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · cs předčasný (taking place earlier than anticipated) · izh ennenaikain (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · la praecoquus (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · fi ennenaikainen (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · ga roimh am (taking place earlier than anticipated) · mrw bakakaw (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · be дача́сны (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · ga anabaí (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · fr prématuré (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · mk предвремен (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · de verfrüht (taking place earlier than anticipated) · nl voortijdig (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · de frühreif (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · vi yểu (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · vi non (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · bg преждевре́менен (taking place earlier than anticipated) · ro prematur (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · cmn 先期的 (taking place earlier than anticipated) · ga réamhaibí (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · ota اركن (taking place earlier than anticipated) · sk predčasný (taking place earlier than anticipated) · nl prematuur (taking place earlier than anticipated) · bg преждевре́менен (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · ca prematur (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · nl voorbarig (taking place earlier than anticipated) · mk предвремен (taking place earlier than anticipated) · id prematur (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · pt prematuro (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · cmn 過早的 /过早的 (taking place earlier than anticipated) · he טרם לבגרות (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · be заўча́сны (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · de vorzeitig (taking place earlier than anticipated) · sk predčasný (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · cs předčasný (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · ru преждевре́менный (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · uk доча́сний (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · sq parakohshëm (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · izh ennenaikain (taking place earlier than anticipated) · es prematuro (taking place earlier than anticipated) · uk завча́сний (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · fr prématuré (taking place earlier than anticipated) · sq parakohshëm (taking place earlier than anticipated) · pl przedwczesny (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · fi ennenaikainen (taking place earlier than anticipated) · uk передча́сний (taking place earlier than anticipated) · it prematuro (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · cmn 過早的 /过早的 (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · gv neuappee (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · la praecox (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · nl prematuur (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · ca prematur (taking place earlier than anticipated) · uk передча́сний (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity) · es prematuro (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity)