primest

Adjective

prime (comparative primer, superlative primest)

1. First in importance, degree, or rank.
   • Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.

   Synonyms:

   greatest, main, most important, primary, principal, top

2. First in time, order, or sequence.
   • Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.

   Synonyms:

   earliest, first, original

3. First in excellence, quality, or value.
   • This is a prime location for a bookstore.

   Synonyms:

   excellent, top quality

4. (lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
   • Thirteen is a prime number.

   Synonyms:

   indivisible

5. Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
6. Having its complement closed under multiplication.

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