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Definition prime

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French prime, from Latin primus (“first”), from earlier pr?smos < *pr?semos < Proto-Italic *priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, before”).

Adjective

prime (not comparable)

  1. First in importance, degree, or rank.
  2. First in time, order, or sequence.
  3. First in excellence, quality, or value.
  4. (mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
  5. (mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
  6. (mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
  7. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
  8. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
  9. (obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
Noun

prime (plural primes)

  1. (historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
  2. (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour.
  3. (obsolete) The early morning generally.
  4. (now rare) The earliest stage of something.
  5. The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
  6. The chief or best individual or part.
  7. (music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
  8. (fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
  9. (algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
  10. (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
  11. (backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
  12. The symbol ? used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.
  13. (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.
  14. An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
  15. (obsolete) The priming in a flintlock.
  16. (film) Contraction of prime lens, a film lens

Etymology 2

Related to primage and primus.

Verb

prime (third-person singular simple present primes, present participle priming, simple past and past participle primed)

  1. (transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
  2. (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.
  4. (intransitive) To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
  5. (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.
  6. To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
  7. To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
  8. (Britain, dialectal, obsolete) To trim or prune.
  9. (mathematics) To mark with a prime mark.

Etymology 3

From French prime (“reward, prize, bonus”).

Noun

prime (plural primes)

  1. (cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

Results 461 Words with the letters PRIME

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EMPIRE 12
EPIMER 12
IMPURE 13
JIMPER 21
LIMPER 13
MOPIER 12
PERMIT 12
PRELIM 13
PREMIE 12
PREMIX 19
PRIMED 13
PRIMER 12
PRIMES 12
RIMPLE 13
SIMPER 12
SPIREM 12
UMPIRE 13
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PRIME 11
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EMIR 7
MIRE 7
PERI 7
PERM 10
PIER 7
PRIM 10
RIME 7
RIPE 7
3 letter words with the letters PRIME 
IMP 9
IRE 3
MIR 6
PER 6
PIE 6
REI 3
REM 6
REP 6
RIM 6
RIP 6
2 letter words with the letters PRIME 
EM 5
ER 2
ME 5
MI 5
PE 5
PI 5
RE 2

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