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premature ['premə‚tjʊə(r)](a) (birth, child) prématuré, avant terme;∎ three months premature né trois mois avant terme, prématuré de trois mois∎ you're being a bit premature! tu vas trop vite!;∎ it was a bit premature of him c'était un peu prématuré de sa part -
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A adj1 ( before) ( épith) [day, meeting, manager, chapter] gen précédent ; ( further back in time) antérieur ; the previous page la page précédente ; the previous day la veille, le jour précédent or d'avant ; the previous week/year la semaine/l'année précédente or d'avant ; in a previous life dans une vie antérieure ; on a previous occasion (une fois) déjà ; on previous occasions à plusieurs reprises ; she has two previous convictions Jur elle a déjà fait l'objet de deux inculpations ; he has no previous convictions Jur il a un casier judiciaire vierge ; to have a previous engagement être déjà pris ; ‘previous experience essential’ ‘expérience préalable indispensable’ ;2 ○ ( hasty) ( jamais épith) [decision] hâtif/-ive ; [action] prématuré ; he was a little previous in making the decision alone c'était un peu hâtif de sa part de prendre seul cette décision. -
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previous [ˈpri:vɪəs]* * *['priːvɪəs] 1.1) ( before) [day, meeting, manager] gen précédent; ( further back in time) antérieurhe has no previous convictions — Law il a un casier judiciaire vierge
‘previous experience essential’ — ‘expérience préalable indispensable’
2) (colloq) ( hasty) [decision] hâtif/-ive; [action] prématuré2.previous to prepositional phrase avant -
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previous ['pri:vjəs]∎ on a previous occasion auparavant;∎ on the previous occasion we had met la dernière fois que nous nous étions rencontrés;∎ I have a previous engagement j'ai déjà un rendez-vous, je suis déjà pris;∎ she has had several previous accidents elle a déjà eu plusieurs accidents;∎ do you have any previous experience of this kind of work? avez-vous déjà une expérience de ce genre de travail?;∎ the two months previous to your arrival les deux mois précédant votre arrivée;∎ Law he has no previous convictions il n'a pas de casier judiciaire, il a un casier judiciaire vierge;∎ he has had several previous convictions il a déjà fait l'objet de plusieurs condamnations∎ in a previous life dans une vie antérieure;∎ his previous marriages ended in divorce ses autres mariages se sont soldés par des divorces(c) (with days and dates) précédent;∎ the previous Monday le lundi précédent;∎ the previous June au mois de juin précédent;∎ the previous day le jour précédent, la veille;∎ the previous evening le soir précédent, la veille au soir∎ aren't you being a little previous? n'êtes-vous pas un peu pressé?□, n'allez-vous pas un peu vite?□2 adverbantérieurement;∎ formal previous to his death avant sa mort, avant qu'il ne meure3 noun
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