| ADJECTIVE | all | premature | born after a gestation period of less than the normal time |
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| all | premature, previous | too soon or too hasty / hasty | |
| all | premature, untimely | uncommonly early or before the expected time |
| Sounds | priy.mahchuh'r | |
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| Rhymes | allure ... Ur: 39 rhymes with uhr... | |
| Meaning | born after a gestation period of less than the normal time. | |
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| Example | "a premature infant" | |
| See also | immature | not yet mature |
| Opposite | full-term | gestated for the entire duration of normal pregnancy |
| Spanish | prematuro | |
| Nouns | prematureness, prematurity | the state of being premature |
| Adverbs | prematurely | (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation |
| Meaning | too soon or too hasty / hasty. | |
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| Example | "a premature judgment" | |
| Synonym | previous | |
| Broader | early | At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
| Spanish | anterior, prematuro | |
| Catalan | anterior | |
| Nouns | prematureness | the state of being premature |
| Meaning | uncommonly early or before the expected time. | |
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| Example | "illness led to his premature death" | |
| Synonym | untimely | |
| Broader | early | At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
| Spanish | prematuro | |
| Nouns | prematureness | the state of being premature |
| Adverbs | prematurely | too soon |
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