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1 ♦ prime
♦ prime /praɪm/A a.1 primo; primario; principale; fondamentale: the prime cause, la causa prima; (polit.) prime minister, primo ministro; (mat.) prime number, numero primo; a matter of prime importance, una faccenda di primaria importanza; prime motive, motivo fondamentaleB n.1 colmo; fiore; pieno rigoglio: in the prime of life (o in one's prime) nel fiore degli anni, nel pieno rigoglio delle forze; in the prime of manhood, nel pieno rigoglio della virilità; He's past his prime, non è più nel fiore degli anni2 (il) meglio, (la) parte migliore (di qc.); apice: the prime of one's career, l'apice della propria carriera4 (relig.) prima; prima ora canonica; ufficio della prima ora canonica5 (mat.) numero primo6 minuto primo; segno di minuto primo o di «pollice» (per es.: 25′)8 (mus.) tono fondamentale● (filos.) prime agent, primo agente □ ( banca) prime borrower, mutuatario di prim'ordine □ (org. az.) prime contractor, capocommessa □ (econ.) prime cost, costo primo □ prime entry, (rag.) prima nota; (dog.) bolletta d'entrata □ (geogr.) prime meridian, meridiano zero □ prime mover, (filos., teol.) primo motore; (econ.) fonte prima d'energia; (tecn., mecc.) motore primo; (fig.) motore (fig.), causa, movente □ (fin., banca) prime rate, prime rate ( tasso d'interesse minimo per clienti di primaria importanza) □ ( radio, TV) prime time, fascia oraria di massimo ascolto; prima serata □ (mus.) prime tone, tono fondamentale.(to) prime /praɪm/v. t.4 (fig. fam.) imbottire, rimpinzare (q. di cibo); saturare5 istruire; preparare, imbeccare (fam.): The witness had been primed by the counsel for the defence, il testimone era stato imbeccato dall'avvocato difensore7 (mecc.) iniettare benzina in ( un cilindro, un carburatore) per avviare il motore; dare un cicchetto a (pop.)● to prime the pump, adescare la pompa; (fig., fin.: dello Stato, dell'intervento pubblico) rimettere in moto l'economia □ ( slang USA) primed to the ears, imbottito d'alcol; sbronzo.
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