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precocious

/prɪˈkəʊʃəs/adjective

उच्चारण प्रिकोशस

अकाल-प्रौढ़, कम उम्र में ही प्रतिभाशाली

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adjective
  1. 1

    (of a child) having developed particular abilities and ways of behaving at a much younger age than usual

    अकाल-प्रौढ़, कम उम्र में ही प्रतिभाशाली

    • Radhika was a precocious child who could read English newspapers at the age of six.
    • a precocious talent for music

    Synonyms advanced gifted forward mature talented

  2. 2

    often disapproving

    (of a child) behaving in an adult way, in a manner that may be annoying

    बड़ों जैसा व्यवहार करने वाला (बच्चा)

    • a precocious little boy who argued with every adult
  3. 3

    technical

    developing earlier than usual

    समय से पहले विकसित होने वाला

    • precocious puberty

    Synonyms early premature

    Opposite late delayed

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precocity nounprecociously adverb
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A child who shows adult abilities at an unusually early age is called precocious, and a child with exceptional talent is a prodigy.

ऐसा बच्चा जो असामान्य रूप से कम उम्र में बड़ों जैसी क्षमताएँ दिखाता है, precocious कहलाता है, और असाधारण प्रतिभा वाला बच्चा prodigy कहलाता है।