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Meanings of prime in English
A natural number which has exactly two natural number divisors, namely 1 and the prime number itself.
Synonyms
Examples for "flower"
Examples for "flower"
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Mr Johnston hopes the flower industry has something better planned next year.
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In Luther, it was the root; in Erasmus, it was the flower.
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That's right: The flower of sustainable energy is blooming in oil country.
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Of course, I can't look at the flower without thinking of Eio.
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Imported seeds may flower at a different time, affecting the food chain.
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Sea level rise as well as peak river discharges require precautionary measures.
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However, they said evening peak traffic started an hour earlier, at 3pm.
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He said India would not set a year when emissions will peak.
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April 2008 was just months before the peak of the financial crisis.
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Remember that this is the peak period of the year, he said.
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The council said the public needed to flush their pipes out today.
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Add potatoes and level off water so water is flush with potatoes.
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There had been a flush in it; there was dash in it.
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Where possible, save the grey water from your washing machine to flush.
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Long-term solutions include installing toilets that use less than 6L per flush.
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They'd all been young then, Jeanie apparently in the bloom of health.
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RANGOON: The asters are in full bloom in the garden at Canterbury.
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It is also somewhat aloof-onebloom per stem, one stem per plant.
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In one place flowers rot and die; in another, bloom and live.
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The warm sweet smell of the whin bloom was in the air.
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It was a beautiful May morning; the apple-trees were all in blossom.
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The plum-blossom appears in February, and the cherry-blossom in April or May.
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Set the root in a grave, and wait for what shall blossom.
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The tares happen to be in blossom just now here in Nauvoo.
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That may have happened, but it took a long time to blossom.
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The heyday of letter writing was in the eighteenth century in England.
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Or a return to the heyday of protest politics in the 1980s.
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Gone were the days of Israel's elite, the heyday of the Jew.
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To see the city in its heyday, visit Suzhou's small historic quarter.
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The German service in its heyday was a fearful and wonderful thing.
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This latter phenomenon, known as efflorescence, is mostly confined to artificial salts.
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White cotton caps and red bandanna handkerchiefs were the prevailing forms of efflorescence.
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He knew that the only proper decoration was an integral efflorescence of structure.
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Lillian had previously seen such things; she recognized the efflorescence of a limestone cavern.
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A great speech is a crystallization in its logic, an efflorescence in its poetry.
Usage of prime in English
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French presidents and prime ministers used to celebrate Europe Day with fervour.
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Ukraine's prime minister said armed men barred government experts from collecting evidence.
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However the prime minister says the exercise will cost time and money.
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Indeed, the new prime minister has personally chosen to lead the debate.
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Preval said he would ask parliament to pick a new prime minister.
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Her party said last year it wanted her to become prime minister.
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Longest serving prime minister in the EU and reigning Father of Europe.
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However, you fail to mention those with prime responsibility - the electorate.
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What had happened today outside Angel was a prime example of this.
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Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said Turkey would not give into violence.
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It's been the case for nearly 20 years, the prime minister said.
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The prime minister said a discretionary fund was available in such cases.
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A prime example is Goldman Sachs, the big-name New York financial house.
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However, also speaking in parliament, the former prime minister denied all wrongdoing.
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One particular paragraph stands out as a prime example of skewed thinking.
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And the prime minister has made that absolutely crystal clear, he said.
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Ireland
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