premature
aggettivosostantivoattestato nei dialoghi
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Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
aggettivo
- 1
Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
a premature birth
premature reports of the singer's death
Secondly, technical development must have reached an advanced stage: communism in a premature state would only be generalized poverty.
- 2
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.
- 3
informaleSuffering from premature ejaculation.
Etimologia
From Latin praemātūrus, equivalent to pre- + mature. First use appears c. 1440 in a translation of Palladius's De Re Rustica.
sostantivo
- 1
An infant born prematurely.
Forme
- plurale
- prematures
- comparativo
- more premature
- superlativo
- most premature
premature · Occurring before a state of readiness or maturity has arrived.
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