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Prime

prʌɪm

Prime definitions

adjective

Inflections:

prime

of first importance; main

"a nurse's prime concern is the well-being of the patient"

Synonyms:
main chief key primary central principal foremost first most important paramount major dominant supreme overriding cardinal pre-eminent ultimate fundamental basic essential elemental primary vital central
- from which another thing may derive or proceed
  
  "Diogenes' conclusion that air is the prime matter"
of the best possible quality; excellent

"prime cuts of meat"

Synonyms:
top-quality highest quality top top-tier best first-class first-rate high-grade grade A superior supreme flawless choice select finest superlative peak optimal model
- having all the typical characteristics of something
  
  "the novel is a prime example of the genre"
- most suitable or likely
  
  "any hospital with high costs is a prime candidate for closure"
(of a number) divisible only by itself and unity (e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11)
- (of two or more numbers in relation to each other) having no common factor but unity
  
  "a congruence whose modulus is a number prime to b"

noun

Inflections:

prime primes

the state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person's life

"you're in the prime of life"

Synonyms:
heyday best days/years day time prime of one's life maturity
- the beginning of something
  
  "the prime of the world"
a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Church, traditionally said at the first hour of the day (i.e. 6 a.m.), but now little used
a prime number
a symbol (ʹ) written after a letter or symbol as a distinguishing mark or after a figure as a symbol for minutes or feet
the first of eight parrying positions, used to protect the upper inside of the body, with the sword hand at head height in pronation and the tip of the blade pointing downwards
a special section in a cycle race, attracting a special prize