premature

• præmature (archaic)

From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- +‎ mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/, /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/, /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/

premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature)

1. Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.

   a premature birth

   premature reports of the singer's death

2. 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.

3. (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation.

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premature (plural prematures)

1. An infant born prematurely.

• get ahead of oneself

• IPA^(key): /pre.maˈtu.re/
• Rhymes: -ure
• Hyphenation: pre‧ma‧tù‧re

premature

1. feminine plural of prematuro

premature f pl

1. plural of prematura

• permutare, premurate