"prime time" meaning in English

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Adjective

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  1. (television, radio) Showing or broadcasting during prime time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Radio, Television Derived forms: ready for prime time
    Sense id: en-prime_time-en-adj-1MvjCPLH Topics: broadcasting, media, radio, television
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prime-time, primetime, prymtyme [archaic]

Noun

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Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} prime time (uncountable)
  1. (television, radio) The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Radio, Television Translations (block of television programming): hora punta [feminine] (Catalan), 黃金時段 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄金时段 (huángjīn shíduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 黃金時間 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄金时间 (huángjīn shíjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), paras katseluaika [television, broadcasting, media] (Finnish), paras kuunteluaika [radio, broadcasting, media] (Finnish), première partie de soirée [feminine] (French), heure de plus grande écoute [feminine] (French), horario central [masculine] (Galician), horario estelar [masculine] (Galician), horario de máxima audiencia [masculine] (Galician), Hauptsendezeit [feminine] (German), Prime Time [feminine] (German), זְמַן שִׂיא (zmán si') [masculine] (Hebrew), שְׁעַת הַשִּׁיא (sh'át si') (Hebrew), főműsoridő (Hungarian), príomh-am [masculine] (Irish), príomh-am sceidil [masculine] (Irish), prima serata [feminine] (Italian), ゴールデンタイム (gōrudentaimu) (Japanese), プライムタイム (puraimutaimu) (Japanese), 골든 타임 (goldeun taim) (Korean), 프라임 타임 (peuraim taim) (Korean), 황금 시간대 (hwanggeum sigandae) (Korean), ударно време (udarno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), masa perdana (Malay), masa prima (Malay), waktu perdana (Malay), waktu prima (Malay), prime time [masculine] (Polish), horário nobre (Portuguese), прайм-та́йм (prajm-tájm) [masculine] (Russian), лу́чшее эфи́рное вре́мя (lúčšeje efírnoje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), horario central [masculine] (Spanish), horario estelar [masculine] (Spanish), horario de máxima audiencia [masculine] (Spanish), bästa sändningstid (Swedish), прайм-та́йм (prajm-tájm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. The busiest or most important period. Tags: uncountable
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  3. (figurative) Maturity; the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream. Tags: figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prime_time-en-noun-GrUKE8Hx
  4. (obsolete) Spring. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prime_time-en-noun-BUGjqXJT
  5. (obsolete) A new period or time of youthfulness; the beginning of something. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-prime_time-en-noun-HQtbLBgu
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Synonyms: prime-time, primetime, prymtyme [archaic]

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          "ref": "2005, Leanna Stiefel, Measuring School Performance and Efficiency: Implications for Practice and Research, Eye On Education, →ISBN, page 13:",
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          "text": "Now, as more and more businesses re-orient themselves to serve the consumer, ethnography has entered prime time.",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, J. Richard Kuzmyak, Forecasting Metropolitan Commercial and Freight Travel, Transportation Research Board, →ISBN, page 3:",
          "text": "And as with commodity-based models, tour-based models have also not yet reached prime time.",
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