If something is in its prime, it is at its best. The same goes for a person. If you are young and healthy and in the prime of your life, you are ready to take on the world.
First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
Noun
a number that has no factor but itself and 1
Noun
the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
Noun
the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
Noun
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Verb
insert a primer into (a gun, mine, charge, etc.) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"
Verb
fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"
Verb
cover with a primer; apply a primer to
Adjective S.
at the best stage; "our manhood''s prime vigor"- Robert Browning
Adjective
of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number"
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Donne (#) (pl. ) of Prima donna
a.
First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive;
primary.
a.
First in rank, degree, dignity, authority, or importance;
as, prime minister.
a.
First in excellence; of highest quality; as, prime wheat; a
prime quality of cloth.
a.
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
a.
Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
a.
Marked or distinguished by a mark (') called a prime mark.
n.
The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or
opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
n.
The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or
beauty; perfection.
n.
That which is first in quantity; the most excellent portion;
the best part.
a.
The morning; specifically (R. C. Ch.), the first canonical
hour, succeeding to lauds.
a.
The first of the chief guards.
a.
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.
a.
A prime number. See under Prime, a.
a.
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal
system; -- denoted by [']. See 2d Inch, n., 1.
a.
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a
primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
a.
To lay the first color, coating, or preparation upon (a
surface), as in painting; as, to prime a canvas, a wall.
a.
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to post;
to coach; as, to prime a witness; the boys are primed for mischief.
a.
To trim or prune, as trees.
a.
To mark with a prime mark.
v. i.
To be renewed, or as at first.
v. i.
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
v. i.
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.
Prime
She was not the prime cause, but I myself.
His starry helm, unbuckled, showed him prime In manhood where youth ended.5.
Prime
In the very prime of the world.
Hope waits upon the flowery prime.2.
Give him always of the prime.4.
Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime.
They sleep till that it was pryme large.5.
Prime
Prime
Night's bashful empress, though she often wane, As oft repeats her darkness, primes again.. 2.
First in order of time; original; primeval; primitive; primary.
The first part; the earliest stage; the beginning or opening, as of the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring.
To apply priming to, as a musket or a cannon; to apply a primer to, as a metallic cartridge.
To be renewed, or as at first.
Usage Examples
Baalbek is so beautiful. It is the heart of beauty in the Middle East - I want to embrace these people with my music. I will try so hard for them. Their president is a Christian, their prime minister is a Muslim. Music is for everyone.
Aristotle uses a mother's love for her child as the prime example of love or friendship.
I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.
For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic.
As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.
Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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Other Usage ExamplesI do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
I grew up in a Hindu household but went to a Roman Catholic school. I grew up with a mother who said, 'I'll arrange a marriage for you at 18,' but she also said that we could achieve anything we put our minds to an encourage us to dream of becoming prime minister or president.
Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.
I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that lie ahead of us to move towards peace. Not everything can be done by one act.
In the sense that you're not at the centre of power, like a president or prime minister of a major power, everyone is marginalised my position doesn't isn't unique in that respect. I think there are different sorts of relevance in different contexts.
I was in relationship with a guy who was much older than me - either he was past his prime and I was coming into mine. There was nothing I could do to keep his attention.
I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them.
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