prime

prime
[[t]praɪm[/t]]
adj. n. v. primed, prim•ing
1) of the first importance:
a prime requisite[/ex]
2) of the greatest relevance or significance:
a prime example[/ex]
3) of the highest eminence or rank:
a prime authority on Chaucer[/ex]
4) of the greatest commercial value:
prime building lots[/ex]
5) first-rate
6) coo (of meat) of the highest grade or best quality:
prime ribs of beef[/ex]
7) first in order of time, existence, or development
8) basic; fundamental:
a prime axiom[/ex]
9) math. (of any two or more numbers) having no common divisor except unity:
The number 2 is prime to 9[/ex]
10) the most flourishing stage or state
11) dvl the time of early manhood or womanhood:
the prime of youth[/ex]
12) the period of greatest vigor of human life:
a man in his prime[/ex]
13) the choicest or best part of anything
14) the earliest stage of any period
15) the spring of the year
16) the hour following sunrise
17) ban bus
prime rate
18) rel the second of the seven canonical hours or the service for it, orig. fixed for the first hour of the day
19) math. Math.
b) one of the equal parts into which a unit is primarily divided
c) the mark (′) indicating such a division:
a, a′[/ex]
20) mad mus (in a scale) the tonic or keynote
21) ling. any basic, indivisible unit used in linguistic analysis
22) to prepare for a particular purpose or operation
23) to supply (a firearm) with powder for igniting a charge
24) hyd to pour or admit liquid into (a pump) to expel air and prepare for action
25) aum to put fuel into (a carburetor) before starting an engine, in order to insure a sufficiently rich mixture at the start
26) to cover (a surface) with an undercoat of paint or the like
27) to supply with needed information, facts, etc
28) cvb to harvest the bottom leaves from a tobacco plant
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Etymology: bef. 1000; (adj.) ME (< OF prim) < L prīmus first (superl. corresponding to prior prior I); (n.) in part der. of the adj., in part continuing ME prim(e) first canonical hour, OE prim < L prīma (hōra) first (hour) prime′ly, adv. prime′ness, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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