OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 12745

prime

/pɹaɪ̯m/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
primario • primordial • principal
First in importance, degree, or rank.
Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.
primero
First in time, order, or sequence.
Better to clear prime forests, heave and thump / A league of street in summer solstice down, / Than hammer at this reverend gentlewoman.
Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.
excelente • primo • primoroso
First in excellence, quality, or value.
Gemmen (says he), you all well know / The joy there is whene'er we meet; / It's what I call the primest go, / And rightly named, 'tis—'quite a treat,' […]
This is a prime location for a bookstore.
primo
Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
Thirteen is a prime number.
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