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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   The religious service appointed to this hour.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   The early morning generally.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   The earliest stage of something.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   The chief or best individual or part.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   The first note or tone of a musical scale.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.

   “3 is a prime.”

10. Meaning 10 · noun

    A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.

11. Meaning 11 · noun

    Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.

    “I'm threatening to build a prime here.”

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    The symbol ′ used to indicate feet, minutes, derivation and other measures and mathematical operations.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.

15. Meaning 15 · noun

    The priming in a flintlock.

16. Meaning 16 · noun

    Contraction of prime lens, a film lens

17. Meaning 17 · adjective

    First in importance, degree, or rank.

    “Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.”

18. Meaning 18 · adjective

    First in time, order, or sequence.

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

19. Meaning 19 · adjective

    First in excellence, quality, or value.

    “This is a prime location for a bookstore.”

20. Meaning 20 · adjective

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

    “Thirteen is a prime number.”

21. Meaning 21 · adjective

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

22. Meaning 22 · adjective

    Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.

23. Meaning 23 · adjective

    Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.

24. Meaning 24 · adjective

    Early; blooming; being in the first stage.

25. Meaning 25 · adjective

    Lecherous, lewd, lustful.

How this word is used

• General “3 is a prime.”
• General “I'm threatening to build a prime here.”
• Everyday “Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.”
• General “Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.”
• General “This is a prime location for a bookstore.”
• General “Thirteen is a prime number.”

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