Definition of prematures Prematures

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What does prematures mean?

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Adjective

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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • premature
    Occurring too soon.
  • premature
    A baby that was born before 37 weeks of pregnancy.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • 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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