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primes

The correct spelling is primes.

How to pronounce primes

noun

IPA: /pɹaɪmz/

Say it like: Pri-mes

The correct spelling is primes. The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. For example: "3 is a prime."

Usage Examples

3 is a prime.

I'm threatening to build a prime here.

You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour.
  2. 2.The religious service appointed to this hour.
  3. 3.The early morning generally.
  4. 4.The earliest stage of something.
  5. 5.The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.

verb

  1. 1.To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
  2. 2.To apply a coat of primer paint to.
  3. 3.To be renewed.
  4. 4.To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
  5. 5.(of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.

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