prime

/praɪm/

意味: 最盛期、主要なもの

例文: Haruki is in his prime at baking.
　　  ハルキは焼き菓子作りの最盛期にある。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: prime number(素数), prime minister(首相), prime time(ゴールデンタイム)

定義: 最高の、最も重要な、または最も良い状態や段階を指します。たとえば、何かが「prime」と言われると、それはその物や人が最も良い状態にあることを意味します。また、数学では「prime number」は1とその数自身でしか割り切れない数を指します。

primeは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a number that has no factor but itself and 1
Noun: the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
Noun: the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.
Noun: the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
Verb: insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
Verb: cover with a primer; apply a primer to
Verb: fill with priming liquid
Adjective: first in rank or degree
Adjective: used of the first or originating agent
Adjective: of superior grade
Adjective: of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers
Adjective: being at the best stage of development; – Robert Browning

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The prime suspect was arrested last night.(昨夜、主要な容疑者が逮捕された。)
She is in the prime of her career.(彼女はキャリアの絶頂期にいる。)
Prime numbers have only two divisors.(素数は約数が二つだけだ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: prime a cannon
Verb: prime a mine
Verb: prime a car engine
Adjective: an architect of premier rank
Adjective: the prime minister
Adjective: prime mover
Adjective: choice wines
Adjective: prime beef
Adjective: prize carnations
Adjective: quality paper
Adjective: select peaches
Adjective: prime number
Adjective: our manhood’s prime vigor

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bloom, blossom, choice, efflorescence, flower, flush, ground, heyday, meridian, peak, premier, prime, prime of life, prime quantity, prize, quality, select, undercoat

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): adulthood, canonical hour, fill, fix, number, paint, time period

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): addend, air alert, airbrush, arity, atomic number, augend, baryon number, base, bimester, bimillennium, biquadrate, bout, brace, brim, bronze age, calendar day, calendar month, cardinal number, cardinality, century, clog, clotting time, clutter, complete, complex number, compline, composite number, compound number, constant, coordinate, count, cram, cube, cultivate, dawn, day, decade, decimal, deluge, dividend, divisor, dog days, downtime, drought, duration, elapsed time, electrify, enlistment, era, eve, evening, factor, farce, festival, fibonacci number, field day, fix, fixed-point number, floating-point number, flower, fortnight, generation, golden age, grain, great year, half life, half-century, heap, honeymoon, hospitalization, hour, hours, impregnate, incubation period, indian summer, indiction, ink, integer, iron age, lactation, lease, life, linage, line, load, long run, long time, lubricate, lustrum, matins, mid-april, mid-august, mid-december, mid-february, mid-january, mid-july, mid-june, mid-march, mid-may, mid-november, mid-october, mid-september, midweek, midwinter, millennium, minuend, morning, mount, multiplicand, multiplier, multistage, natural number, night, nones, novitiate, occupation, olympiad, ordinal number, overfill, overtime, oxidation number, pack, pad, pagination, past, peacetime, phase, phase of the moon, populate, precondition, prehistory, prime, prohibition, provide, puerperium, quadrennium, quarter, quarter-century, question time, quinquennium, quota, quotient, rainy day, real time, record, regulation time, reign, remainder, repaint, replenish, root, run, running time, school, score, season, semester, set up, sext, shelf life, silly season, silver age, sleep, socialize, square, study hall, stuff, subtrahend, summerize, surcharge, terce, term, tide, time, time frame, time limit, time of life, time off, times, top off, travel time, trial period, trimester, uptime, usance, vespers, wartime, watch, week, weekend, window, winterize, work time, year, youth

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): golden age, prime number

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: blossom, choiceness, flush, ground, meridian, premier, primer, undercoat

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive