Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Prematurely |
PrematurelyAdverb1. (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; "the child was born prematurely". 2. Too soon; in a premature manner; "I spoke prematurely". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prematurely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonym: PrematurelySynonym: untimely (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Earliness | Beforehand; prematurely; Adjective: precipitately; (hastily); too soon; before its time, before one's time; in anticipation; unexpectedly. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prematurely |
| English words defined with "prematurely": Aborted, abruptio placentae, arrested development ♦ break ♦ drop out ♦ fixation, Forcing ♦ infantile fixation, interrupt ♦ Prejudicate ♦ regression ♦ To go off halfcocked. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prematurely": defoliating agent, Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole ♦ holding attack ♦ multitasking ♦ premature set ♦ safety latch, short hole ♦ traumatic heartwood ♦ unearned premium insurance ♦ Wagon, wound heartwood. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | 8-month-old infant born prematurely weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces at birth. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Sheridan | That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Affected infants may be born prematurely. (references) | |
Weaning a patient too rapidly or prematurely can be dangerous. (references) | ||
Furthermore, the condition is common in certain populations, such as in infants born prematurely. (references) | ||
Business | To avoid the case where distributors return products prematurely before their expiration date, individual distributor labeling requirements should be investigated before entering the Japanese market. (references) | |
Economic History | Afghanistan | But in May 1992, Rabbani prematurely formed the leadership council, undermining Mojaddedi's fragile authority. (references) |
Human Rights | Marshall Islands | The employment of a foreign national former high court judge, who had disagreements with the previous government, was terminated prematurely in June 1999, but he was appointed to the Supreme Court in May 2000. In his January 2000 inaugural address, President Note pledged to protect the independence of the judiciary, following the previous 4 years during which three chief justices resigned or were terminated by the Government. (references) |
Guatemala | The Interior Minister prematurely dismissed the possibility of a political motive for the crimes. (references) | |
Political Economy | Netherlands | The Second Chamber consists of 150 members, elected for a four-year term (unless the Government falls prematurely), on the basis of a nationwide system of proportional representation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | The rights of manhood are too often claimed prematurely, in pressing which too far the respect which is due to age and the obedience necessary to a course of study and instruction in every such institution are sometimes lost sight of. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Prematurely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.64% of the time. "Prematurely" is used about 278 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.64% | 277 | 17,585 |
| Noun (common) | 0.36% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 278 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "prematurely": act prematurely. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "prematurely": prematurely-worn. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
because ended error installation prematurely | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "prematurely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | قبل المدة المحددة, سابق لأوانه (premature, previous). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | преждевременно (early, short, untimely). (various references) | |
Chinese | 过早地. (various references) | |
Finnish | ennenaikaisesti, ennen aikojaan (too early). (various references) | |
French | prématurément, précocement (precociously), avant terme (premature). (various references) | |
German | vorzeitig (abortive, abortively, early, premature, untimely), verfrühte. (various references) | |
Hungarian | túl korán, idő előtt (abortively, precociously, to anticipate, untimely). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 若白髪 (prematurely gray hair). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | わかしらが (prematurely gray hair). (various references) | |
Korean | 조숙하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ematurelypray.(various references) | |
Romanian | prematur (abortive, early, forward, immature, precocious, premature, previous, untimely). (various references) | |
Russian | преждевременно. (various references) | |
Spanish | prematuramente. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | передчасно (short, too soon, untimely). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mature. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Prematurely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prematuraly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prematurely" (pronounced prē'mukhuh"rlē) |
| 4 | -uh" r l ē | demurely, poorly, purely, securely, surely. |
| 3 | -r l ē | austerely, barely, barley, cavalierly, Charley, Charlie, clearly, dearly, fairly, gnarly, hourly, merely, nearly, parley, rarely, severely, sincerely, sorely, squarely, unfairly, yearly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-r-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: prelature, premature. | |
-3 letters: aperture, empyreal, maturely, murrelet, palterer, parleyer, pterylae, tamperer, trampler, trumpery, ureteral. | |
-4 letters: alerter, alterer, amputee, elytrum, empaler, emulate, epaulet, erratum, lamprey, maturer, partyer, pearler, pearter, peartly, permute, petrale, peytral, peytrel, pleater, pleurae, plumate, prelate, premeal, preterm, pteryla, rapture, realter, relater, replate, taperer, tempera, templar, tempura, tramper, trample. | |
-5 letters: ampere, ampler, ampule. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-m-p-r-r-t-u-y" | |
+3 letters: premenstrually. | |
+5 letters: pyrometallurgies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
