The quality or state of being first. / The quality or state of being prime, or excellent. / (mathematics) The quality of being prime, or a prime number.

First in importance, degree, or rank. / First in time, order, or sequence. / First in excellence, quality, or value.

(historical) The first hour of daylight; the first canonical hour. / (Christianity) The religious service appointed to this hour. / (obsolete) The early morning generally.

(transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work. / (transitive) To apply a coat of primer paint to. / (obsolete, intransitive) To be renewed.

(cycling) An intermediate sprint within a race, usually offering a prize and/or points.

plural of prime

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prime

(psychology) The implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences response to a subsequent stimulus. / A substance used as a primer.

present participle of prime

plural of priming