premature
/ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/US/ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/
premature adjective: occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
Adjective
premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature)
- Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
- a premature birth
- premature reports of the singer's death
- 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
- Suffering from premature ejaculation.
Noun
premature (plural prematures)
- An infant born prematurely.
premature meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
premature in Tamil
- குறித்த காலத்திற்கு முந்திய, நேர்காலத்திற்குமுந்திய, முதிரா, முன்முதிர்வு, குறிப்பிட்ட காலத்துக்கு முன், குறை கால பிறப்பு
premature in Marathi
- अकाली, मुदतपूर्व
premature in Urdu
- premature
- نابالغ nābāliğ
premature in Bengali
- premature
- অকাল okal, অকালজাত okalojat
More languagesFewer languages
- premature in Telugu
- అకాల, అకాలము, అకాలం
- premature in Malayalam
- അകാലത്തുള്ള, അനവസരമായ, അതിവേഗമായ, അകാലപരിണതമായ
- premature in Kannada
- ಮೊದಲೇ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ, ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯಾಗದ, ಅಕಾಲಿಕ, ಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮುಂಚೆ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ
- premature in Gujarati
- અકાળ
- premature in Indonesian
- prematur
- premature in Vietnamese
- yểu, non
Examples of premature in a sentence
- His hair was mostly black, with an intersprinkling of premature grey.
- Premature infants often have a very low birthweight.
- Caramella said the department's action was premature and violated the law.
Synonyms of premature
Antonyms
Forms of premature
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more premature |
| superlative | most premature |
| alternative form (archaic) | præmature |
| Noun | |
| plural | prematures |
Origin of premature
From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.
Words formed from premature
Phrases with premature
Questions about premature
- What does premature mean?
- Premature means occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
- What is premature in Tamil?
- Premature in Tamil is குறித்த காலத்திற்கு முந்திய, நேர்காலத்திற்குமுந்திய, முதிரா. See Premature meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is premature?
- Premature can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce premature?
- Premature is pronounced /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/ (UK).
Words near premature in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: premature (page history and authors); premature (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); premature (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); نابالغ (Urdu) (page history and authors); অকাল (Bengali) (page history and authors); premature (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); premature (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); premature (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); premature (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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