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prime

prime

258 4.1
At the best stage of life or career
  • adjective
  • /praɪm/
translation icon : en su mejor momento (general)
  • But Organovo's announcement doesn't mean bioprinting is ready for prime time, Lipson said.
  • in prime condition
  • prime time

Examples

  • My Tyson in his prime, what does a power punch feel like from him?

  • Harshire's prime concern is that none of his men plunder any of the valley's other tombs.

  • Ideas that had passed their prime, it used to be said, came to America to die.

    Academic text (1999)
  • "One would consider most women of that age past their prime and firmly on the shelf."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • I don't know, like in my in my peak in my prime, probably a couple thousand.

  • One such strategy, the vastly popular practice of differentiated instruction, is a prime example of this.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For example, California has 500,000 acres of prime agricultural land situated along the San Joaquin Delta.

    Academic text (1999)
  • "Preschool and early kindergarten are prime times for teaching PA to lay the groundwork for decoding."

    Academic text (2012)
  • Apart from this fossil bed, the only other prime example of soft-tissue pyritization is Germany's Hunsruck Slate.

    Academic text (1992)
  • At thirty-five, he felt he was at his prime, full of energy and ambition.

Synonyms

premier
vsprime
61 4.5

Most important or best in a group of similar things

is about the most vigorous or successful stage not rank or position
at its peak
vsprime
15 3.3

Something is at its strongest, most successful, or most intense

is about being in the best most vigorous stage rather than a single point
meridian
vsprime
  • Archaic
9.9

At the highest point in development

is the neutral everyday term for being at the best stage

Antonyms

344 3.7

To become less over time, for example in value or health

43 5.9

A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse

Idioms

No longer at its best or in good condition

Compounds

522 3.2

The head of a country's government who leads the cabinet and decides policy

216 2.3

The head of a country's government who leads it and makes key decisions

72 3.1

Evening time when most people watch television

prime number
  • Specialized
7 3.6

A whole number greater than 1 that you can divide only by 1 and itself

A very good place in a town where people want to live or work

Years when a person is strongest and most active

prime mover
  • Formal
1 9.9

A first being people think starts everything, often the God of some religions

prime factor
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A number greater than one that can only be divided by one and itself and divides another number exactly

prime interest rate
  • Specialized
1 4.2

The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers

An imaginary line at zero degrees that runs through Greenwich, England and is used to measure east and west

prime quantity
  • Specialized
6.7

A whole number greater than 1 that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself

How Vigorous

prime
258 4.1
vigorous
87 4.1
fit
91 1.0
middle-aged
133 2.6
aged
84 1.3

Surface Forms

prime positive

Etymology

Prime comes from the Latin primus meaning 'first', so to be in one's prime is to be at your 'first' or most powerful stage. That explains why we use prime to mean being at the peak of health or skill.