{"id":415,"date":"2026-05-29T03:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/?p=415"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:24:18","slug":"prime-noun-adjective-verb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/english\/415\/prime-noun-adjective-verb\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime( noun-adjective-Verb)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

prime 1 <\/strong> <\/strong>noun<\/em> [ singular ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the time in your life when you are strongest and most active<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in your prime<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>She\u2019s now 40 and still in her prime.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>He is now past<\/em><\/strong> his prime <\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>a man in the prime of life<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>a young singer who was tragically cut off in<\/em><\/strong> her prime<\/em><\/strong> (= died while she was in her prime )<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

prime 2 AC<\/strong> \/ pra\u026am \/ adjective<\/em> <\/strong>[ only before noun ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 <\/strong>most important SYN main <\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Our prime concern is providing jobs for all young school leavers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>He was named as the prime suspect<\/em><\/strong> in the murder investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Good management is of prime importance<\/em><\/strong> in business.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 <\/strong>of the very best quality or kind :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>prime rib of beef<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>prime agricultural land<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>The hotel is in a prime location overlooking the valley.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 <\/strong>be a prime candidate\/target (for something)<\/strong> to be the person or thing that is most suitable or most likely to be chosen for a particular purpose :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>The school is a prime candidate for closure.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Old people are a prime target for thieves.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 <\/strong>prime example<\/strong> a very typical example of something :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Blakey Hall is a prime example of a 19th-century building.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THESAURUS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

main<\/strong> larger or more important than all the others : the main entrance of the building <\/em>| the main reason for his decision<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

chief\/principal<\/strong> most important. Chief<\/strong> and principal<\/strong> are more formal than main <\/strong>, and are often used in written English : Coffee is the country\u2019s principal export. <\/em>| What is the company\u2019s chief objective?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

major<\/strong> very important or serious : Smoking is a major cause of heart disease. <\/em>| Street crime is becoming a major problem.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

key<\/strong> most important, or the one that everything or everyone else depends on : Education is likely to be a key issue in the election campaign. <\/em>| Hooper was a key member of the team. <\/em>| Diet is key.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

number one <\/strong>especially spoken<\/em> most important or best – this phrase sounds a little informal and it is used especially in spoken English : Reliability is the number one priority. <\/em>| the number one cause of death <\/em>| He is still in the number one position.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

primary<\/strong> most important – used especially about the most important aim, role, cause, or concern. Primary<\/strong> is more formal than main <\/strong>: The primary aim of the project was to help students develop their communication skills. <\/em>| Security is our primary concern. <\/em>| The primary function of the university was considered to be the teaching of \u2018the great cultural disciplines\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

prime<\/strong> very important or most important – used especially about the most important reason, cause, or aim, or about the most likely target or suspect . Prime<\/strong> is more formal than main <\/strong>: Their prime objective is to increase profits for their shareholders. <\/em>| Tourists are prime targets for theft and robbery.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

core<\/strong> most important – used especially about the things that people should pay most attention to : the core skills of reading and writing <\/em>| He wants the company to focus on its core business – advertising. <\/em>| The party\u2019s core values are individual freedom and reducing the amount of government bureaucracy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

central<\/strong> most important and having more influence than anything else : The U.S. played a central role in the peace negotiations. <\/em>| a central theme of the book <\/em>| The central question is, why are people still so attached to their cars?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

predominant<\/strong> most common, typical, or important : Yellow was the predominant colour everywhere. <\/em>| High arched windows are a predominant feature in English churches. <\/em>| New York still has a predominant role in the contemporary art world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

prime <\/strong>3 <\/strong>verb<\/em> [ transitive ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 <\/strong>prepare somebody<\/strong> to prepare someone for a situation so that they know what to do<\/p>\n\n\n\n

prime somebody with something<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>Did you prime her with what to say?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

prime somebody for something<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>He had a shower and primed himself for action.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

prime somebody to do something<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>He had been primed to say nothing about it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 <\/strong>a gun<\/strong> to prepare a gun or bomb so that it can fire or explode<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 <\/strong>paint<\/strong> to put a special layer of paint on a surface, in order to prepare it for the next layer :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/em>All metal surfaces will have to be primed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 <\/strong>prime the pump <\/strong>informal<\/em> to encourage a business, industry, or activity to develop by putting money or effort into it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 <\/strong>water<\/strong> to pour water into a water pump in order to make it ready to work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

prime 1 noun [ singular ] the time in your life when you are strongest and most active in your prime She\u2019s now 40 and still in her prime. He is now past his prime . a man in the prime of life a young singer who was tragically cut off in her prime (= …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,13],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-ielts","category-vocabulary","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415\/revisions\/420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishline.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}