"premature" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/ [UK], /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/ [UK], /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/ [US], /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-premature.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more premature [comparative], most premature [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. Attested circa 1520. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|praemātūrus}} Latin praemātūrus, {{af|en|pre-|mature}} pre- + mature Head templates: {{en-adj}} premature (comparative more premature, superlative most premature)
  1. Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived. Translations (occurring before a state of readiness or maturity): parakohshëm (Albanian), перадча́сны (pjeradčásny) (Belarusian), заўча́сны (zaŭčásny) (Belarusian), дача́сны (dačásny) (Belarusian), преждевре́менен (preždevrémenen) (Bulgarian), prematur (Catalan), 過早的 (Chinese Mandarin), 过早的 (guòzǎo de) (Chinese Mandarin), 先期的 (xiānqī de) (Chinese Mandarin), předčasný (Czech), prematuur (Dutch), voortijdig (Dutch), ennenaikainen (Finnish), prématuré (French), frühreif (German), טרם לבגרות (térem l'bagrút) (Hebrew), ennenaikain (Ingrian), réamhaibí (note: of birth) (Irish), anabaí (note: of birth) (Irish), praecox (Latin), praecoquus (Latin), предвремен (predvremen) (Macedonian), neuappee (Manx), bakakaw (Maranao), przedwczesny (Polish), prematuro (Portuguese), преждевре́менный (preždevrémennyj) (Russian), predčasný (Slovak), prematuro (Spanish), передча́сний (peredčásnyj) (Ukrainian), завча́сний (zavčásnyj) (Ukrainian), доча́сний (dočásnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-premature-en-adj-dVBPQ6pf Disambiguation of 'occurring before a state of readiness or maturity': 94 3 3
  2. Taking place earlier than anticipated, prepared for, or desired. Translations (taking place earlier than anticipated): parakohshëm (Albanian), перадча́сны (pjeradčásny) (Belarusian), преждевре́менен (preždevrémenen) (Bulgarian), prematur (Catalan), 過早的 (Chinese Mandarin), 过早的 (guòzǎo de) (Chinese Mandarin), 先期的 (xiānqī de) (Chinese Mandarin), předčasný (Czech), voorbarig (Dutch), prematuur (Dutch), ennenaikainen (Finnish), prématuré (French), vorzeitig (German), verfrüht (German), ennenaikain (Ingrian), roimh am (Irish), предвремен (predvremen) (Macedonian), преждевре́менный (preždevrémennyj) (Russian), predčasný (Slovak), prematuro (Spanish), передча́сний (peredčásnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-premature-en-adj-qESitORE Disambiguation of 'taking place earlier than anticipated': 6 75 19
  3. (informal) Suffering from premature ejaculation. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-premature-en-adj-ENIiQ-pN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 28 47 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 9 20 53 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: rathe Derived forms: premature antifascist, premature birth, premature ejaculation, premature ejaculator, prematurely, premature optimisation, premature optimization Related terms: unexpected, unprepared, prompt, prematurely

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/ [UK], /ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/ [UK], /ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/ [US], /ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-premature.wav [Southern-England] Forms: prematures [plural]
Etymology: From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. Attested circa 1520. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|praemātūrus}} Latin praemātūrus, {{af|en|pre-|mature}} pre- + mature Head templates: {{en-noun}} premature (plural prematures)
  1. An infant born prematurely. Related terms: get ahead of oneself
    Sense id: en-premature-en-noun-e6qQ0hSK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: præmature [archaic]

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /pre.maˈtu.re/
Rhymes: -ure Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} premature
  1. feminine plural of prematuro Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: prematuro
    Sense id: en-premature-it-adj-wPAe5cSm Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /pre.maˈtu.re/
Rhymes: -ure Head templates: {{head|it|noun form|g=f-p}} premature f pl
  1. plural of prematura Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: prematura
    Sense id: en-premature-it-noun-Gw6teUbe Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
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          "ref": "1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial",
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "過早的"
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "voorbarig"
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "prematuur"
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "ennenaikainen"
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "vorzeitig"
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          "_dis1": "6 75 19",
          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "verfrüht"
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          "_dis1": "6 75 19",
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "ennenaikain"
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          "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
          "word": "roimh am"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:premature",
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "parakohshëm"
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      "word": "перадча́сны"
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "преждевре́менен"
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      "word": "prematur"
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "過早的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guòzǎo de",
      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "过早的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiānqī de",
      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "先期的"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "předčasný"
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    {
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "prematuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "voortijdig"
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      "word": "ennenaikainen"
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      "word": "prématuré"
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      "word": "frühreif"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "note": "of birth",
      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "réamhaibí"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
      "word": "anabaí"
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
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    {
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "occurring before a state of readiness or maturity",
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      "word": "parakohshëm"
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      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "преждевре́менен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "prematur"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "過早的"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "guòzǎo de",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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    {
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      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "voorbarig"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "prematuur"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "ennenaikainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "prématuré"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "vorzeitig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "verfrüht"
    },
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "roimh am"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "predvremen",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
      "word": "преждевре́менный"
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      "word": "prematuro"
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      "roman": "peredčásnyj",
      "sense": "taking place earlier than anticipated",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. Attested circa 1520.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prematures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "premature (plural prematures)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "get ahead of oneself"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An infant born prematurely."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹɛ.məˈtjʊə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛ.mə.tjə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹi.məˈtʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹi.məˈt͡ʃʊɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-premature.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-premature.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-premature.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-premature.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-premature.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "præmature"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "premature"
  ],
  "word": "premature"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 4-syllable words",
    "Italian adjective forms",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian noun forms",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ure",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ure/4 syllables"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "adjective form"
      },
      "expansion": "premature",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pre‧ma‧tù‧re"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "prematuro"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of prematuro"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prematuro",
          "prematuro#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pre.maˈtu.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ure"
    }
  ],
  "word": "premature"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 4-syllable words",
    "Italian adjective forms",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian noun forms",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ure",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ure/4 syllables"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "noun form",
        "g": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "premature f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pre‧ma‧tù‧re"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "prematura"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of prematura"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prematura",
          "prematura#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pre.maˈtu.re/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ure"
    }
  ],
  "word": "premature"
}

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