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- [pri-koh-shuh s]
- /prɪˈkoʊ ʃəs/
- /prɪˈkəʊ.ʃəs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pri-koh-shuh s]
- /prɪˈkoʊ ʃəs/
Definitions of precocious word
- adjective precocious unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child. 1
- adjective precocious prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc. 1
- adjective precocious of or relating to premature development. 1
- adjective precocious Botany. flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit. bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants. appearing before leaves, as flowers. 1
- adjective precocious child: advanced for age 1
- adjective precocious early, premature 1
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Origin of precocious
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; Latin praecoci-, stem of praecox (see precocity) + -ous
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Parts of speech for Precocious
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
precocious popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
precocious usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for precocious
adj precocious
- antecedently — in an antecedent manner
- avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.
- beforehand — If you do something beforehand, you do it earlier than a particular event.
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- clear-headed — If you describe someone as clear-headed, you mean that they are sensible and think clearly, especially in difficult situations.
adv precocious
- before long — If you say that something will happen or happened before long, you mean that it will happen or happened soon.
- bright and early — very early in the morning
- early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- in good time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
Antonyms for precocious
adj precocious
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
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