prime
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- noun
- /praɪm/
- Many people consider their twenties to be the prime of their lives.
- the prime of life
- men in their prime
- well past their prime
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Watch on YouTubeAnd this is Harris's prime, George Will points out.
- And this is Harris's prime, George Will points out.
- And Floyd Mayweather, younger in his prime, just, you know, undefeated.
- Christina Aguilera, like back in her prime, Kelly Clarkson.
- Yes, I so I'm old enough to remember her in her prime winning Wimbledon.
- Biden is not just past his prime, even adequacy is in his past.
Examples
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After all, he's a man in the prime of life, and you're a woman in the prime of life.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hell, he was thirty-four years old, supposedly in the prime of his life.
Fiction book (2001) -
In order to feed us, something so young and in the prime of its life... has to die.
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Now six years old, it was in the prime of its life.
Fiction book (1995) -
I would have loved to fight you in your prime.
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I never heard of half of these guys, and the ones I do know are way past their prime.
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Well... you look like you're in your prime to me.
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The victims were primarily working people in the prime of life, often the family breadwinners.
Academic text (2002) -
I think of it every day, probably because my only sibling died in his prime.
Fiction book (2001) -
And Floyd Mayweather, younger in his prime, just, you know, undefeated.
Synonyms
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2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
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5.8
A time when someone or something is most successful
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5.4
Period when a person or thing is at its best
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3.2
A time when a person or thing is at its best
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3.3
Something is at its strongest, most successful, or most intense
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4.6
A moment when a person has their greatest success in life or work
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4.2
Years when a person is strongest and most active
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4.1
A time when something is most successful or active
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7.1
A period of time with much success or abundance
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9.9
A time when something grows strongly and reaches its best stage
Antonyms
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5.9
A slow change when something like a building or a person's health becomes worse
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Compounds
- Specialized
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3.6
A whole number greater than 1 that you can divide only by 1 and itself
- Formal
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9.9
A first being people think starts everything, often the God of some religions
- Specialized
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4.2
The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
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4.4
An imaginary line at zero degrees that runs through Greenwich, England and is used to measure east and west
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4.9
A number greater than one that can only be divided by one and itself and divides another number exactly
- Specialized
A whole number greater than 1 that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself
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Etymology
Prime comes from the Latin primus meaning 'first', and saying someone is in their prime means they are in their 'first' or strongest period of life. So the prime of life is the time when a person is most active or successful.