3 happening or made too soon ^ (ft: a
premature
conclusion/decision/judgement &/
AaE / £iJ0fr 0 It is premature to
talk about success at this stage. M ^ U Wt %. $ Ini X H
& -¥■ „ ► prematurely
adv.: The child was born
prematurely.
0 0 Her hair became
prematurely white. M (ft
'pre-med noun (informal) 1 [U] (especially NAmE) a course or set of
classes that students take in preparation for medical school ) 2 [C] (especially NAmE)
a student who is taking
classes in preparation for medical school 3
[U] = premedication
pre medication /.prii.medi'keijn/
(also informal pre- med) noun [U] drugs given to
sb in preparation for an operation or other medical treatment A if #1M; (
ff) mW#i;
pre medi tated /.prii'mediteitid/ adj. (of a crime or bad
action ipI£l3<,IKfi) planned in advance ^
% H 3c!J
: a
premeditated attack > AII $j # ift i 0 The killing had not
been premeditated. )|c A7II M (ft o PTO3 unpremeditated ► pre-medi-ta-tion /.prii.medi'teijn/ noun [U],
pre menstrual /.premenstrual/ adj. happening or
experienced before menstruation R
M tu (ft: Many women suffer from premenstrual tension/syndrome, causing
headaches and depression. /f #3 A B
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prem ier /'premia(r); NAmE pri'mir; -'mjir/ adj.,
noun
a adj. [only before noun] most important, famous
or successful 1; W: one of
the country’s premier
chefs 0 (BrE, sport #)
the Premier
League/Division
m noun 1 used
especially in newspapers, etc. to mean ‘prime minister’ ( X 7 U M , 1*1 2 (in
() tu, MK&m
premi ere /'premiea(r); NAmE
pri'mir; -'mjir/ noun, verb
a noun the
first public performance of a film/movie or play ( *#A the world
premiere of his new play Ik 1$ A o
The movie will have its premiere in July.
M flUttBfco
m verb to perform a play or
piece of music or show a film/movie to an audience for the first time; to be
performed or shown to an audience for the first time if
&
& an ( $ J&J, # A > ffef/ ) : [VN] The play was premiered
at the
premieres in
prem iership /'premiajip; NAmE pri'mir Jip;
-'mjir-/ noun [sing.] 1 the period or position of being prime
minister ft ( ( J&&M ) :
during Blair’s premiership
2 (often the Premiership) the football (soccer) league in
prem ise (BrE also less frequent prem-iss) /'premis/ noun (formal) a statement or an idea
that forms the basis for a reasonable line of argument |t[
M; lit/i?: the basic premise of her argument jttk(ftifeiE(ftiSAfiu$l
o a
false premise ^ (ft 0U ^ o His reasoning is based
on the premise that all people are equally capable of good and evil.
prem ised /'premist/ adj. ~ on/upon sth (formal) based on a particular
idea or belief that is considered to be true jSM,
S 7 ( , fa ^ ) : Traditional
economic analysis is premised
on the assumption that more is better.
Mo ^
prem ises 0-w /'premisiz/ noun [pi.] the building
and land near to it that a business owns or
uses n±wtf;.
business/commercial/industrial premises ^
0 No alcohol may be
consumed on the premises. iK^lilhf i. o Police were called to
escort her off the premises. „
o note at building
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pre mium /'priimiam/ noun, adj. m noun 1 an amount of money
that you pay once or regularly for an insurance policy a monthly
premium of £6.25 # R 6.25 ^Iglftf^l^^ o
note at payment 2 an extra payment
added to the basic rate ; Pfjljnft:: You have to pay a high premium for
express delivery. o A premium
of 10% is paid out after
20 years. * 20 H ft fit 10% ^ o CT at a 'premium 1 if sth is at a premium, there is
little of it available and it is difficult to get M X ; : Space is at a premium
in a one-
bedroomed apartment. #- Jjg--g £ ftial
Jill ^ ® W 0 2 at a higher than
normal price ® tB 7- # fft; :
Shares are selling at a premium.
jft tb ^ o put/place/set a premium
on sb/sth to
think that sb/sth is
particularly important or valuable
ail; M
m adj. [only before noun] very high (and higher
than usual); of high quality ^ (ft ; ffc : premium prices/ products
pre-modifier /,pri:'mDdifaia(r); NAmE -'ma:d-/ noun (grammar iff?£) a word, such
as an adjective or adverb, that describes another word or group of words, or
restricts its/their meaning in some way, and is placed before it/them mf HJ5Sc
ft: In ‘a loud
noise’, the adjective
‘loud’ is a premodifier, ft a loud noise «£, loud o — compare modifier,
postmodifier
pre-mon-ition /.priima'nijn; ,prem-/
noun ~ (of sth/ that...) a feeling that sth
is going to happen, especially sth unpleasant ( a premonition of
disaster <> He had a premonition
that he
would never see her again.
^ o ► pre-moni-tory /pri'mnmtari; NAmE -'ma:mto:ri/ adj. (formal) : a premonitory dream pre-natal /.prii'neitl/ adj. (especially NAmE) = antenatal — compare post-natal pre-nup-tial agreement
/pri:,nApJl
a'grirmant/ (also informal pre-nup /‘priinAp/) noun an agreement made by
a couple before they get married in which they say how their money and property
is to be divided if they get divorced )
pre-occu pation /pri.Dkju'peiJn; NAmE -,a:k-/ noun 1 [U, C] ~ (with sth) a state of thinking
about sth continuously; sth that you think about frequently or for a long time
#3$; ; -feAJS# W # '[# PW71 obses
sion : She found his
preoccupation with money irritating. <>
His current
preoccupation is the appointment of
the new manager, it i mh'btflMiffii&Mtftii2 [U] a mood created
by thinking or worrying about sth and ignoring everything else $ Jr
fi; ^ H ^: She spoke slowly,
in a state of
preoccupation. M M # # ,
S # 7' ¥
Mo
pre
occu pied /pri'Dkjupaid;
NAmE -'a:k-/ adj. ~ (with sth) thinldng and/or
worrying continuously about sth so that you do not pay attention to other
things Jr; — H 7' JB : He was too preoccupied with his own
thoughts to notice anything wrong. #, R M H If 7'
preoccupy
/pri’nkjupai;
NAmE -'a:k-/ verb (pre-occu- pies,
pre-occu-py-ing, pre-occu-pied, pre-occu-pied) [VN] if sth is preoccupying you, you think or worry
about it very often or all the time 0 $6®#; pre ordained /,pri:o:'demd; NAmE -air'd-/ adj. ~ to do sth (formal) already decided or
planned by God or by FATE ET3TI PREDESTINED: Is
everything we do preordained? ift #1$ A^
^ ?
0 They seemed preordained to meet.
tm0
,pre-'owned adj. (NAmE) not new; owned by sb
else before |H^; prep /prep/ noun, verb
m noun [U] (BrE) (in some private
schools) school work that is done at the end of the day after lessons (