prime
noun/praɪm/
/praɪm/
- [singular] the time in your life when you are strongest or most successful
- a young woman in her prime
- He was barely 30 and in the prime of (his) life.
- These flowers are long past their prime.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2- She was cut off in her prime, and never lived to see the poems published.
- You're still in the prime of life.
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- (also prime number)[countable] a number that can be divided exactly only by itself and 1, for example 7, 17 and 41
Word Originnoun Old English prīm (referring to a service of the Divine Office of the Western Church, said at the first hour of the day), from Latin prima (hora) ‘first (hour)’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French prime; the adjective dates from late Middle English, via Old French from Latin primus ‘first’.
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