Adjective : a prime requisite. ,a prime example. ,the prime authority on Chaucer. ,prime building lots. ,This ale is prime! ,prime ribs of beef. ,the prime axioms of his philosophy. ,The number 2 is prime to 9. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : the prime of youth. ,a man in his prime. ,a, a′. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : The politician was primed by his aides for the press conference. From Dictionary.com.
What I have seen is about as fine in grain as what we call priming powder in the navy. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
The oil used in priming materials caused the coloring material to ferment and the canvas to rot. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
Task-switching and long-term priming: Role of episodic stimulus-task bindings in task-shift costs. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
#Task-switching and long-term priming: Role of episodic stimulus-task bindings in task-shift costs. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Give us fair freight rates and keep out subsidies; most of these hot house industries will fail as soon as the pump priming is finished. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics of Western Canada: Revolt or Reform] Reference
I call this process "priming" - you can't do any computing with a rolling statistic until it is "primed.". From Wordnik.com. [Planet TW] Reference
This town understands as well as any the idea of priming a pump to get it flowing. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer Reports Electronics Blog] Reference
Sometimes indoor triggers are more of a problem when the outdoor allergens pick up (a process called priming). From Wordnik.com. [TOP STORIES - News 8] Reference
Ralph Alswang for The Wall Street Journal Tom Wilson MR. WILSON: The next was reform tax policy, which I would just call priming the pump. From Wordnik.com. [Creating Sustainable Jobs: The Answer Is Trade] Reference
The priming is ignited by a drop of water. From Wordnik.com. [A Dialogue for the Year 2130] Reference
The marketing industry uses this same cognitive concept of "priming" in advertising ALL the time. From Wordnik.com. [ModerateVoters.org] Reference
Although the 'priming' vaccine came from a 1999 virus, antibodies were generated that neutralised other strains. From Wordnik.com. [Home] Reference
At the same time, she said, Obama can be faulted for "priming" voters about the age of his senior rival for the Accountant. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
What I've applied is "priming" in the context of? what? dialectical discourse ... fairly rigorous discussion, if you will. From Wordnik.com. [O'Reilly News] Reference
The next process is called "priming," that is, pulling off the lower, scorched and withered leaves, which are left on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, A Fugitive Slave, Now In England] Reference
'priming' which helps people to make better food choices. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
"priming" your character with Chakra and then hitting the Circle button. From Wordnik.com. [IGN PSP] Reference
In a follow-up, Levy used the same subliminal priming. From Wordnik.com. [The Stereotype Trap] Reference
Make any necessary repairs prior to priming and painting. From Wordnik.com. [Paint the exterior of your house] Reference
He also told the crowd that "early voting is priming the pump.". From Wordnik.com. [Rhee rallies voters for Fenty] Reference
At least one Lone Star cast member is priming for battle with the Ewings. From Wordnik.com. [Keck's Exclusives: Lone Star Cast Surprised to Learn Dallas Coming Back to TV] Reference
We have tested the self-priming Benjamin Moore Aura in a low-luster finish. From Wordnik.com. [Product Preview: Behr Premium Plus Ultra interior paints] Reference
The new administration began expanding the US nuclear arsenal and priming the silos. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
However, the racial priming is not diluted in the mix of the other topics and speakers. From Wordnik.com. [Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto: Race Baiting Rumblings] Reference
The classic demonstration of implicit memory involves a psychological technique known as priming. From Wordnik.com. [You Didn’t Plagiarize, Your Unconscious Did] Reference
The immune system can learn to kill those cells, but priming it requires a different kind of vaccine. From Wordnik.com. [Is Aids Forever?] Reference
In Japan, undervalued companies are priming a boom in a buyout business that previously was closed to Westerners. From Wordnik.com. [Land Of Opportunity] Reference
"Unlike Korea, many countries avoid fiscal pump priming because it can outlast economic recovery, causing overheating.". From Wordnik.com. [PERILS OF GOOD INTENTIONS] Reference
No role models, good or bad, just priming the idea of unethical behavior — that was enough to keep the students honest. From Wordnik.com. [Is Fraud Contagious?] Reference
Behr recently debuted the self-priming Premium Plus Ultra line of interior paints, which should be in Home Depot stores by mid-July. From Wordnik.com. [Product Preview: Behr Premium Plus Ultra interior paints] Reference
We talk of gardens as blank canvases; of priming, designing and composition; of paint put on with a trowel and gardens as living art. From Wordnik.com. [Impressionist Gardens; Another World: Dalí, Magritte, Miró and the Surrealists] Reference
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