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  1. adjective First in excellence, quality, or value. See Usage Note at perfect.
  2. adjective First in degree or rank; chief. See Synonyms at chief.
  3. adjective First or early in time, order, or sequence; original.
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  • I mean, a prime is a number that's only evenly divisible by itself or one, right Is that what they taught you at Humberside Collegiate? —  AnalogSFF,October2005
  • But when you consider that potential franchise quarterbacks in their prime are a rare commodity, it seems to me the Bears got more than a fair deal if, in fact, Cutler pans out in Chi-Town. —  About.com Football
  • Bangalore, Karnataka was identified as a prime city in our list of preferred locations. —  rediff.com
  • He's in what they call the prime of life, but at least he went out on top of both his game and the girls. —  Kontraband Latest
  • And Faye in her prime was about a gajillion times prettier than horsy Hilary ever was. scott Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12: 32 PM EST —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. Middle English, first in occurrence, from Old French, feminine of prin, from Latin prīmus; see per1 in Indo-European roots. N., sense 7, from Middle English, from Old English prīm, from Late Latin prīma (hōra), first (hour), from Latin, feminine of prīmus.

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  1. I. a. from Old French prime, prim = Provencal prim = Spanish Portuguese Italian primo, from Latin primus, first, superlative (cf. prior, comparative, former, prior), for *proimus, from pro, forth, forward: see pro-. Cf. Anglo-Saxon forma, first: see former. II. n. from French prime, from Latin prima, sc. hora, the first hour, feminine of primus, first: see above.
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