"prime" meaning in English

See prime in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /praɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prime.wav [UK] Forms: prime [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: prīm Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is prime, it is best, most important, most suitable, or in some way number one.
    Sense id: simple-prime-en-adj-34VZ8Wsl Categories (other): Attributive modifiers

Noun

IPA: /praɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prime.wav [UK] Forms: prime [singular], primes [plural]
enPR: prīm Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The prime is the best part of something.
    Sense id: simple-prime-en-noun-45TvVM4O
  2. A prime is a number that can be evenly divided only by one and itself.
    Sense id: simple-prime-en-noun-i7PPw~rh Categories (other): Mathematics
  3. A prime is something that primes something else.
    Sense id: simple-prime-en-noun-xU~2U1V8

Verb

IPA: /praɪm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prime.wav [UK] Forms: prime [canonical], primes [third-person, singular], primed [past], primed [past, participle], priming [present, participle]
enPR: prīm Head templates: {{verb|prim|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you prime something, you get it ready to do something.
    Sense id: simple-prime-en-verb-kkE7jZMo
  2. to manipulate, in a subtle manner, people's decision-making by use of symbols, location, etc.
    Sense id: simple-prime-en-verb-qA~U5Xti Categories (other): Psychology
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