premature
Meaning of premature
- occurring or done before the usual or proper time; too early.
the sun can cause premature ageing
it would be premature to draw any firm conclusions at this stage
late Middle English (in the sense ‘ripe, mature’): from Latin praematurus ‘very early’, from prae ‘before’ + maturus ‘ripe’.
Information about premature
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of premature is: prematures.
- Languages in which premature is used:
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Hyphenation of premature
pre-ma-ture
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- premature is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
premature synonyms
Meaning previous:
Meaning untimely:
Meaning happening or done before the usual or expected time:
Meaning (of weather) unusual for the time of year:
Meaning acting or done without careful consideration of the possible consequences; impetuous:
Meaning excessively hasty:
Meaning done with excessive speed or urgency; hurried:
Meaning done, made, or acting suddenly or without careful consideration:
Meaning dangerously high or steep:
Meaning acting or done without forethought:
Meaning acting or done quickly and without thought or care:
premature antonyms
Meaning not having arrived, happened, or been done by the expected time:
Translation of premature
- German: verfrüht, voreilig, vorschnell, vorzeitig, Frühchen
- French: prématuré, précoce
- Spanish: prematuro, prematura, precoz
- Italian: prematuro, precoce
Words that rhyme with premature
Nature, Provature, Quadrature, abature, abbreviature, acciaccature, acclimature, accordature, adjudicature, alcoholature, antecurvature, antestature, antinature, appoggiature, arcature, armature, binomenclature, breviature, calliature, candidature, caricature, celature, claviature, clericature, climature, cofeature, colature, colorature, connature, contemperature, contemplature, corporature, countersignature, creature, crenature, crispature, cubature, curvature, declinature, decurvature, dedicature, defeature, delineature, demarcature, denature, dictature, disarmature, disfeature, disnature, distemperature