prime

prime
I 1. [praɪm]
aggettivo
1) (chief) [aim, factor, suspect] principale; [importance] primario
2) (good quality) attrib. [site] ottimo; [meat, cuts] di prima scelta; [foodstuffs] di prima qualità

in prime condition — [machine] in ottime condizioni; [livestock] di prima categoria

of prime quality — di prima qualità

3) (classic) [example, instance] ottimo
4) mat. primo
2.
nome
1) (peak period)

in one's prime — (professionally) all'apice; (physically) nel fiore degli anni

in its prime — all'apice

to be past its prime — [building, car] avere conosciuto giorni migliori

in the prime of life — nel fiore degli anni

2) mat. (anche prime number) numero m. primo
II [praɪm]
verbo transitivo
1) (brief) preparare [witness, interviewee]

to prime sb. about — mettere qcn. al corrente di [facts]

to prime sb. to say — preparare qcn. a dire

2) (apply primer to) dare una vernice di fondo su [wood, metal]
3) mil. innescare [bomb]; caricare [firearm]
4) tecn. adescare [pump]
* * *
I 1. adjective
1) (first or most important: the prime minister; a matter of prime importance.)
2) (best: in prime condition.)
2. noun
(the best part (of a person's etc life, usually early middle age): He is in his prime; the prime of life.)
- primarily
- primary colours
- prime minister
- prime number
- prime time
3. adjective
prime-time advertising.) (in prima serata)
II verb
(to prepare (something) by putting something into or on it: He primed (=put gunpowder into) his gun; You must prime (=treat with primer) the wood before you paint it.)
* * *
I 1. [praɪm]
aggettivo
1) (chief) [aim, factor, suspect] principale; [importance] primario
2) (good quality) attrib. [site] ottimo; [meat, cuts] di prima scelta; [foodstuffs] di prima qualità

in prime condition — [machine] in ottime condizioni; [livestock] di prima categoria

of prime quality — di prima qualità

3) (classic) [example, instance] ottimo
4) mat. primo
2.
nome
1) (peak period)

in one's prime — (professionally) all'apice; (physically) nel fiore degli anni

in its prime — all'apice

to be past its prime — [building, car] avere conosciuto giorni migliori

in the prime of life — nel fiore degli anni

2) mat. (anche prime number) numero m. primo
II [praɪm]
verbo transitivo
1) (brief) preparare [witness, interviewee]

to prime sb. about — mettere qcn. al corrente di [facts]

to prime sb. to say — preparare qcn. a dire

2) (apply primer to) dare una vernice di fondo su [wood, metal]
3) mil. innescare [bomb]; caricare [firearm]
4) tecn. adescare [pump]

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