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Definitions and meaning of prime
prime
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Frenchprime, from Latinprimus(“first”), from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic*priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*per-(“beyond, before”). Doublet of primo.
The noun sense "apostrophe-like symbol" originates from the fact that the symbol ′ was originally a superscript Roman numeral one.
Pronunciation
enPR: prīm, IPA(key): /pɹaɪ̯m/
Hyphenation: prime
Rhymes: -aɪm
Adjective
prime (comparativeprimer, superlativeprimest)
First in importance, degree, or rank.
Synonyms:greatest, main, most important, primary, principal, top
First in time, order, or sequence.
Synonyms:earliest, first, original
First in excellence, quality, or value.
Synonyms:excellent, top quality
(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
(mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
(algebra, of an ideal) Having its complement closed under multiplication.
(algebra, of a nonzero module) Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.
Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
(obsolete) Lecherous, lewd, lustful.
Synonyms
(having no nontrivial factors):indivisible
Hyponyms
biprime
pseudoprime
semiprime
(having exactly two integral factors):coprime
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
prime (pluralprimes)
(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
(Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
(obsolete) The early morning generally.
(now rare) The earliest stage of something.
1645, Edmund Waller, “To a very young Lady” (earlier title: “To my young Lady Lucy Sidney”) in Poems, &c. Written upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons, London: H. Herringman, 1686, p. 101,[1]
Hope waits upon the flowry prime,
The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
The chief or best individual or part.
1726, Jonathan Swift, “To a Lady, who desired the author to write some verses upon her in the heroic style” in The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, London: W. Bowyer et al., Volume 7, p. 396,[4]
Give no more to ev’ry guest
Than he’s able to digest:
Give him always of the prime;
And but a little at a time.
Something which is first in importance or rank: a prime defense company, mortgage lender, etc.
2023 December 4, Can Palmer Luckey Reinvent the U.S. Defense Industry? - WSJ, The Wall Street Journal:
The large primes are struggling to do things the way Anduril does, because they're publicly traded companies with an existing investor class that invested in them to be a certain type of company.
(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
(algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
(card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
(backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
(chemistry, obsolete) 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.
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
(obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
(film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens.
Tomlinson, Shawn M. (2015) Going Pro for $200 & How to Choose a Prime Lens, →ISBN, page 72: “By the time I shifted to my first autofocus film SLR with the Pentax PZ-10, primes were considered things of the past”
A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
(psychology) A stimulus which causes priming.
Synonyms
(early morning generally): See Thesaurus:early morning or Thesaurus:morning
(most active, thriving, or successful stage or period):bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak
(chief or best individual or part):choice, prize, quality, select
(algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure):prime number(when an integer)
(A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.):white
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "algebra: prime element of a mathematical structure"):composite
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Related to primage and primus.
Pronunciation
enPR: prīm, IPA(key): /pɹaɪ̯m/
Rhymes: -aɪm
Hyphenation: prime
Verb
prime (third-person singular simple presentprimes, present participlepriming, simple past and past participleprimed)
(transitive) To fill or prepare the chamber of a mechanism for its main work.
(transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
(intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
(intransitive, of a steam boiler) 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.
To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
To prepare; to make ready.
(archaic) To instruct beforehand, as for an examination; to coach.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
(mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.
Synonyms
(to apply a coat of primer paint to):ground, undercoat
Derived terms
prime the pump
prime up
Translations
Etymology 3
From Frenchprime(“reward, prize, bonus”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɹiːm/
Rhymes: -iːm
Noun
prime (pluralprimes)
(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.
Derived terms
primer
Related terms
Anagrams
Priem, emirp, imper.
Albanian
Etymology
From proj(“to guard, defend”).
Noun
primef pl (definite pluralprimet)
remedies
Related terms
proj
References
French
Etymology
From the feminine of Old Frenchprim, prin, from Latinprīmus.
Noun from English premium.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pʁim/
Rhymes: -im
Adjective
prime (pluralprimes)
(obsolete outside of set phrases) first
Synonym:premier
de prime abord ― at first glance
prime jeunesse ― first flush of youth
Related terms
primer
primat
primesautier
Noun
primef (pluralprimes)
reward; prize; bonus
premium (insurance policy)
Derived terms
chasseur de primes
en prime
prime de départ
prime de bienvenue
Descendants
→ Ottoman Turkish: پریم(prim)
Turkish: prim
Further reading
“prime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
imper
Interlingua
Adjective
prime
first
Italian
Adjective
prime
feminine plural of primo
Anagrams
premi
Latin
Numeral
prīme
vocative masculine singular of prīmus
References
“prime”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
prime in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
prime
inflection of premir:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈpri.me]
Adjective
prime
nominative/accusativefeminine/neuter plural of prim