Definitions for Prime
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. prime, prime quantitynoun

   a number that has no factor but itself and 1

2. flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flushnoun

   the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

3. primenoun

   the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.

4. prime, prime of lifeadjective

   the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest

5. premier(a), prime(a)adjective

   first in rank or degree

   "an architect of premier rank"; "the prime minister"

6. prime(a)adjective

   used of the first or originating agent

   "prime mover"

7. choice, prime(a), prize, quality, selectadjective

   of superior grade

   "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"

8. primeadjective

   of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers

   "prime number"

9. prime, meridianverb

   being at the best stage of development

   "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning

10. primeverb

    insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing

    "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"

11. prime, ground, undercoatverb

    cover with a primer; apply a primer to

12. primeverb

    fill with priming liquid

    "prime a car engine"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Primeadjective

   Etymology: primus, Lat.

   1. Early; blooming.

   His starry helm unbuckl’d, shew’d him prime
   In manhood, where youth ended. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   2. Principal; first rate.

   Divers of prime quality, in several counties, were, for refusing to pay the same, committed to prison. Edward Hyde.

   Nor can I think, that God will so destroy
   We his prime creatures dignify’d so high. John Milton.

   Humility and resignation are our prime virtues. Dryden.

   3. First; original.

   We smother’d
   The most replenished sweet work of nature,
   That from the prime creation e’er she fram’d. William Shakespeare.

   Moses being chosen by God to be the ruler of his people, will not prove that priesthood belonged to Adam’s heir, or the prime fathers. John Locke.

   4. Excellent. It may, in this loose sense, perhaps admit, though scarcely with propriety, a superlative.

   We are contented with
   Catharine our queen, before the primest creature
   That’s paragon’d i’ th’ world. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

2. Primenoun

   Etymology: primus, Lat.

   1. The first part of the day; the dawn; the morning.

   His larum bell might loud and wide be heard
   When cause requir’d, but never out of time,
   Early and late it rung at evening and at prime. Edmund Spenser.

   Sure pledge of day, that crown’st the smiling morn
   With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere
   While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. John Milton.

   2. The beginning; the early days.

   Quickly sundry arts mechanical were found out in the very prime of the world. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 10.

   Nature here wanton’d as in her prime. John Milton.

   3. The best part.

   Give no more to ev’ry guest,
   Than he’s able to digest,
   Give him always of the prime,
   And but little at a time. Jonathan Swift.

   4. The spring of life; the height of health, strength or beauty.

   Make haste, sweet love, whilst it is prime,
   For none can call again the passed time. Edmund Spenser.

   Will she yet debase her eyes on me,
   That cropt the golden prime of this sweet prince,
   And made her widow to a woful bed? William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Youth, beauty, wisdom, courage, virtue, all
   That happiness and prime can happy call. William Shakespeare.

   Likeliest she seem’d to Ceres in her prime. John Milton.

   No poet ever sweetly sung,
   Unless he were, like Phœbus, young;
   Nor ever nymph inspir’d to rhyme,
   Unless, like Venus, in her prime. Jonathan Swift.

   Short were her marriage joys; for in the prime
   Of youth, her lord expir’d before his time. Dryden.

   5. Spring.

   Hope waits upon the flow’ry prime,
   And summer, though it be less gay,
   Yet is not look’d on as a time
   Of declination or decay. Edmund Waller.

   The poet and his theme in spite of time,
   For ever young enjoys an endless prime. George Granville.

   6. The height of perfection.

   The plants which now appear in the most different seasons, would have been all in prime, and flourishing together at the same time. John Woodward.

   7.The first canonical hour. Robert Ainsworth8. The first part; the beginning: as, the prime of the moon.

3. To Primeverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To put in the first powder; to put powder in the pan of a gun.

   A pistol of about a foot in length, we primed with well-dried gunpowder. Boyle.

   Prime all your firelocks, fasten well the stake. John Gay.

   His friendship was exactly tim’d,
   He shot before your foes were prim’d. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   2. [ Primer, Fr. to begin.]To lay the first colours on in painting. A Gallicism.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Primeadjective

   first in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary

2. Primeadjective

   first in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance; as, prime minister

3. Primeadjective

   first in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a prime quality of cloth

4. Primeadjective

   early; blooming; being in the first stage

5. Primeadjective

   lecherous; lustful; lewd

6. Primeadjective

   marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark

7. Primenoun

   the first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring

8. Primenoun

   the spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection

9. Primenoun

   that which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion; the best part

10. Primeadjective

    the morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical hour, succeeding to lauds

11. Primeadjective

    the first of the chief guards

12. Primeadjective

    any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; -- so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1

13. Primeadjective

    a prime number. See under Prime, a

14. Primeadjective

    an inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1

15. Primeadjective

    to apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge

16. Primeadjective

    to lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall

17. Primeadjective

    to prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post; to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief

18. Primeadjective

    to trim or prune, as trees

19. Primeadjective

    to mark with a prime mark

20. Primeverb

    to be renewed, or as at first

21. Primeverb

    to serve as priming for the charge of a gun

22. Primeverb

    to work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed; -- said of a steam boiler

23. Etymology: [From Prime, a.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Prime

   Prime is a 2005 American romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep and Bryan Greenberg. It was written and directed by Ben Younger. The film grossed $67,937,503 worldwide.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Prime

   prīm, adj. first in order of time, rank, or importance: chief: excellent: original: early: in early manhood: (Shak.) eager, bold: (math.) incapable of being separated into factors.—n. the beginning: the dawn: the spring: the best part: the height of perfection: full health and strength: a religious service during the first hour after sunrise: (fencing) the first guard against sword-thrusts, also the first and simplest thrust.—adj. Prī′mal, first: original: chief.—n. Primal′ity.—adv. Prime′ly.—ns. Prime′-min′ister, the chief minister of state; Prime′-mov′er, the force which puts a machine in motion: a steam-engine or a water-wheel; Prime′ness; Prime′-num′ber, a first number—i.e. one divisible only by itself or unity.—Prime cost (see Cost). [L. prīmus (for pro-i-mus).]

2. Prime

   prīm, v.t. to put powder on the nipple of a firearm: to lay on the first coating of colour: to instruct or prepare beforehand.—v.i. to serve for the charge of a gun: in the steam-engine, to carry over hot water with the steam from the boiler into the cylinder.—ns. Prī′mer; Prī′ming; Prī′ming-pow′der, detonating powder: train of powder connecting a fuse with a charge. [Prime (adj.).]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. prime

   The fore part of the artificial day; that is, the first quarter after sunrise.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. prime

   To charge with the powder, percussion-cap, or other device for communicating fire to the charge, as a fire-arm.

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Matched Categories

1. • Canonical Hour
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   • Prepare
   • Time Period

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Prime' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #789

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Prime' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2061

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Prime' in Adjectives Frequency: #95

How to pronounce Prime?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Prime in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Prime in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Prime in a Sentence

1. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff:

   Now I will say this : The present circumstances are also very different than Watergate and I think for a very fundamental reason, and that is in Watergate it wasn't that the existence of tapes made all the difference, house Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff know it was certainly important, House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff know, in this impeachment proceeding, we have the existence of the call record, but I don't think that's really what differentiates then from now. I think the main difference is The President now has Fox prime time and that allows The President supporters to live in this alternative fact world.

2. Gianluca Cattaneo:

   If convicted, he faces a minimum of 21 years in prison. Meanwhile, Cattaneo and his supporters are arguing that the chef acted in self-defense. A friend of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former prime minister, is even arranging to pay for Cattaneo’s legal bills. Another group, led by Italian politician Matteo Salvini, is calling for lawmakers to amend self-defense laws in response to the incident. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS A dead man is never good news, but the Italian citizens stand by Mario Cattaneo, Salvini wrote in a tweet on Sunday. No judge can convict him. Cattaneo was reportedly re-opened on Sunday, but his son says the family is still reeling from the incident. We've re-opened, because one needs to start over, go forward, but our morale is very low.

3. John Blasik:

   It was mentioned on CNN that the new prime number discovered recently is four times bigger then the previous record.

4. Northern Ireland:

   The prime minister has outlined that he doesn’t believe that he has done anything outside the rules, if you look at what the investigation finds, people will be able to take their own view of that at the time.

5. Toshiaki Endo:

   The prime minister told me to keep in close contact with all the appropriate cabinet ministers, as well as the Tokyo government, and work hard.

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