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premature adj. 1 immature, undeveloped, underdeveloped, unfledged,
untimely, unready, early, unripe, green: Much premature fruit
has been blown down in the winds. 2 hasty, untimely, ill-timed,
too early, too soon, beforehand, unseasonable, overhasty,
impulsive, inopportune: The post may be slow, but still I think
September a bit premature to send Christmas cards. The discovery
that money was missing accounts for his premature departure.
prematurely
adv. 1 untimely, too soon, too early: He died prematurely at
the age of 46. 2 rashly, (over-)hastily, at half-cock,
half-cocked: She dismissed him prematurely, before he had the
time to prove himself. The gun went off prematurely, with no
chance to aim it.
premeditated
adj. planned, conscious, intentional, intended, wilful,
deliberate, studied, purposive; contrived, preplanned,
calculated, preconceived: The murder was coldly premeditated. I
admit to being wrong, and I have no premeditated excuses.
premier n. 1 prime minister, PM, head of state, chief executive,
president, chancellor: The premiers of the Commonwealth met at
Kuala Lumpur in 1989.
--adj. 2 first, prime, primary, chief, principal, head, main,
foremost, top-ranking, highest-ranking, ranking, leading, top,
pre-eminent: He is the premier expert in his field.
premiŠre n. 1 premiere, first night, opening (night), debut: The
premiŠre of A‹da was at the opening of the Suez Canal.
--v. 2 open, debut: The film will premiŠre at the Festival
Cinema tomorrow.
--adj. 3 opening, debut, first, original, initial: The
premiŠre West-End performance is scheduled for May after a
provincial tour.
premise n. 1 premiss, assumption, proposition, postulate, hypothesis,
conjecture, assertion, supposition, thesis, presupposition,
proposal, theorem, surmise, basis, ground: He started out with
the premise that time had a beginning and will have an end.