Definition of premature Premature
/pɹiˌmʌʧʊˈɹ/ - [preemuchur] - prem•a•ture
We found 13 definitions of premature from 6 different sources.
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| premature - born after a gestation period of less than the normal time; "a premature infant" | ||
| immature not yet mature | ||
| premature - uncommonly early or before the expected time; "illness led to his premature death"; "alcohol brought him to an untimely end" | ||
| untimely | ||
| early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" | ||
| premature - too soon or too hasty; "our condemnation of him was a bit previous"; "a premature judgment" | ||
| previous | ||
| early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- premature (a.)
Mature or ripe before the proper time; as, the premature fruits of a hotbed. - premature (a.)
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. - premature (a.)
Arriving or received without due authentication or evidence; as, a premature report.
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premature
Occurring too soon. -
premature
A baby that was born before 37 weeks of pregnancy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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premature
prē-ma-tūr′, adj. mature before the proper time: happening before the proper time: too soon believed: unauthenticated (as a report).—adv. Prēmatūre′ly.—ns. Prematūr′ity, Prēmatūre′ness. [L. præmaturus—præ, before, maturus, ripe.]
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🔤- premature, noun, singular of prematures.
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