Meaning of premature in English

premature

adjective

/ˈprem.ə.tʃər/ /prem.əˈtʃʊər/ us/ˌpriː.məˈtʃʊr/

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happening or done too soon, especially before the natural or suitable time:

premature birth/death

premature baby The money raised for the hospital will go towards heart monitoring equipment for premature babies.

Their criticisms seem premature considering that the results aren't yet known.

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premature

adjective

/ˌpri·məˈtʃʊr, -ˈtʊr/

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happening or done too soon, esp. before the natural or desired time:

a premature death at age 50

A spokesman said it was premature to comment on the negotiations.

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The authors conclude that it is somewhat premature to embrace the assumption of a parallel activation of the bilingual's two languages.

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It is future potential worths that are not realized because of premature deaths that matter.

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Those whose formation is completed in forty days are born in the eighth month and cannot survive the premature delivery.

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And excluding simple foreknowledge from the playing field is logically premature, since the cited grounds for this exclusion are far from conclusive.

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Another reason that variants are 'lost' is premature animal death, and this also probably has little relation to the order in which variants are generated.

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They are associated with premature mortality and have profound socio-economic impacts, both for individuals and for the wider economy.

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A view which is, perhaps, premature based on the evidence produced by opinion surveys.

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Defining the limits of survival: lethal pulmonary hypoplasia after midtrimester premature rupture of membranes.

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Factors that predispose to premature rupture of the fetal membranes.

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A comparison of normal and premature ruptured membranes.

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Infection and premature rupture of the membranes signs of infection appear should be reappraised as a treatment option.

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However, a recent letter from a group of parents of extremely premature infants paints a different picture of current medical practice.

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Although it is premature at this stage to describe these manuscripts in detail, some general remarks can be made.

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Data were extracted from all available records, with the exception of the data from one normal child who was premature.

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過早的, 不成熟的, 倉促的…

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