transcription, транскрипция: [ premətʃʊə(r), AM pri:- ]
1.
Something that is premature happens earlier than usual or earlier than people expect.
Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans...
...a twenty-four-year-old man who suffered from premature baldness.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• prema‧ture‧ly
The war and the years in the harsh mountains had prematurely aged him...
ADV : ADV with v , ADV adj
2.
You can say that something is premature when it happens too early and is therefore inappropriate.
It now seems their optimism was premature...
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
• prema‧ture‧ly
Holmgren is careful not to celebrate prematurely.
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj
3.
A premature baby is one that was born before the date when it was expected to be born.
When my daughter Emma was born she was two and a half months premature.
ADJ
• prema‧ture‧ly
Danny was born prematurely, weighing only 3lb 3oz.
ADV : ADV after v