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1. (adj.) premature
occurring, coming, or done too soon:
a premature announcement.
2. premature
mature or ripe before the proper time.
3. premature
born before gestation is complete; preterm.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L praemātūrus. See pre -, mature)
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1. (adj) premature
born after a gestation period of less than the normal time
"a premature infant"
2. (adj) previous(p), premature
too soon or too hasty
"our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment"
3. (adj) premature, untimely
uncommonly early or before the expected time
"illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end"
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1. (adjective) premature
happening before the normal or appropriate time
her husband's premature death; The baby was premature.; TV stations prematurely predicting the winner of the election
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) premature
mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed
2. (adj) premature
happening, arriving, existing, or performed before the proper or usual time; adopted too soon; too early; untimely; as, a premature fall of snow; a premature birth; a premature opinion; premature decay
3. (adj) premature
arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report
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Sense: happening etc before the right or expected time
a premature birth; The baby was three weeks premature.
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 Afrikaans: vroeggebore, vroeg |
 Arabic: سابِق أوانِه، خديج |
 Bulgarian: преждевременен |
 Brazilian: prematuro |
 Czech: předčasný, nedonošený |
 German: frühzeitig |
 Danish: for tidlig |
 Greek: πρόωρος |
 Spanish: prematuro |
 Estonian: enneaegne |
 Farsi: زودرس |
 Finnish: ennenaikainen |
 French: prématuré |
 Hebrew: בְּטֶרֶם עֵת |
 Hindi: असामयिक, अपक्वता |
 Croatian: preuranjen |
 Hungarian: idő előtti |
 Indonesian: prematur |
 Icelandic: ótímabær, fyrir tímann |
 Italian: prematuro |
 Japanese: まだ早い |
 Korean: 미성숙한 |
 Lithuanian: priešlaikinis, per anksty |
 Latvian: priekšlaicīgs; pāragrs |
 Malay: pramatang |
 Dutch: voorbarig, te vroeg gebor |
 Norwegian: for tidlig, forhastet, ov |
 Polish: przedwczesny |
 Persian: زودرس |
 Pashto: له ټاكلى وخت څخه وړاندى |
 Portuguese: prematuro |
 Romanian: prematur |
 Russian: преждевременный |
 Slovak: predčasný, nedonosený |
 Slovenian: prezgoden |
 Serbian: preuranjen |
 Swedish: för tidig, förhastad |
 Thai: ก่อนกำหนด |
 Turkish: prematüre, vaktinden önce |
 Taiwanese: 過早的，早產的 |
 Ukrainian: передчасний |
 Urdu: قبل از وقت، خام |
 Vietnamese: đẻ non |
 Chinese: 过早的，提前的，早产的 |
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