Meaning

10 senses
  1. First in importance, degree, or rank.

    Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.

    важне́йшийvažnéjšij, гла́вныйglávnyj, основно́йosnovnój

    основни́йosnovnýj, головни́йholovnýj

    first in rank or degree

  2. First in time, order, or sequence.

    Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.

    erste

    перви́чныйpervíčnyj, пе́рвыйpérvyj

    пе́ршийpéršyj, перви́ннийpervýnnyj

  3. First in excellence, quality, or value.

    This is a prime location for a bookstore.

    превосхо́дныйprevosxódnyj, первокла́ссныйpervoklássnyj

    першокла́снийperšoklásnyj

  4. Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).

    Thirteen is a prime number.

    prim-

    просто́йprostój

    просте́ число́prosté čysló

  5. Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.

  6. Having its complement closed under multiplication.

  7. Such that the annihilator of any nonzero submodule is equal to the annihilator of the whole module.

  8. Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.

  9. Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

    being at the best stage of development

  10. (obsolete)Lecherous, lewd, lustful.

Examples

350 sentences
  1. Tom is no longer our prime suspect.

    Том більше не є нашим головним підозрюваним. — deniko

    deTom ist nicht mehr unser Hauptverdächtiger. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. There are only two prime numbers between 10 and 14.

    У проміжку між 10 та 14 є лише два прості числа. — deniko

  3. Is 1 a prime number?

    Одиниця — просте число? — deniko

    ruЕдиница – простое число? — Ooneykcall

    deIst 1 eine Primzahl? — manese

  4. Is 1 considered a prime number?

    Чи вважається одиниця простим числом? — deniko

  5. He was forced to resign as prime minister.

    Його примусили залишити посаду прем'єр-міністра. — hectorvk

    ruЕго вынудили оставить пост премьер-министра. — shanghainese

    deEr wurde gezwungen, als Ministerpräsident zurückzutreten. — Manfredo

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
first in importance, degree, or rank:
first in time, order, or sequence:
first in excellence, quality, or value:
mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity:
Русский
By meaning 4
first in importance, degree, or rank:
first in time, order, or sequence:
first in excellence, quality, or value:
mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
first in time, order, or sequence:
mathematics: having no factors except itself and unity:

Origin

From Middle English prime, from Old French prime and its etymon, Latin prīmus (“first”), f

From Middle English prime, from Old French prime and its etymon, Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“beyond, before”). Doublet of primo and primus.

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Forms

primer, primest
Comparativeprimer Lesson
Superlativeprimest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
mainB1primaryB2principalA2topB1firstA1originalA2excellentA1greatestmost importantearliesttop quality
having no nontrivial factors:indivisible
Close in meaning

Word family

38 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • prime minister
  • the prime minister
  • prime suspect

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
prime — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto