prime in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
prime in Kashmiri कॉशुर
prime in Maithili মৈথিলী
prime in Marathi मराठी
prime in Sindhi سنڌي
prime in Telugu తెలుగు
prime in English
- prime⇄adj. 1. first in rank or importance; chief.
Ex. His prime object was to get enough to eat. The community's prime need is a new school.
(SYN) principal.
2. (Figurative.) first in time or order; primary; fundamental; original.
Ex. - prime⇄noun primeness.
- prime⇄noun something that primes; priming.
- prime⇄noun 1. the best time; best condition.
Ex. A man of forty is in the prime of life.
2. the best part.
3. (Figurative.) the first part; beginning.
Ex. We see how quickly sundry arts mechanical were found out, in the very prime of - prime⇄prime (1), adjective, noun.
- prime⇄prime (2), verb, primed,priming,noun.
- prime⇄v.i. 1. to prime a firearm, charge, pump, or the like.
2. (of a boiler or steam engine) to let water pass to the cylinder in the form of spray along with the steam. - prime⇄v.t. 1. to prepare by putting something in or on, such as gasoline into a carburetor or cylinder, to facilitate starting the engine.
2. to supply (a gun) with powder, especially to set off the main charge.
Ex. Our two combatants had taken th