Definitions for primer

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primer prim·er

Spelling: [prim-er or, esp. British, prahy-mer]

IPA: /ˈprɪm ər or, esp. British, ˈpraɪ mər/

Primer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in primer (eimprr).

Definitions for primer

noun

1. an elementary book for teaching children to read.
2. any book of elementary principles:
3. great primer.
4. long primer.
5. a person or thing that primes.
6. a cap, cylinder, etc., containing a compound that may be exploded by percussion or other means, used for firing a charge of powder.
7. a first coat or layer of paint, size, etc., given to any surface as a base, sealer, or the like.
8. the most flourishing stage or state.
9. the time of early manhood or womanhood:
10. the period or state of greatest perfection or vigor of human life:
11. the choicest or best part of anything.
12. (especially in the grading of U.S. beef) a grade, classification, or designation indicating the highest or most desirable quality.
13. the beginning or earliest stage of any period.
14. the spring of the year.
15. the first hour or period of the day, after sunrise.
16. Banking. prime rate.
17. Ecclesiastical. the second of the seven canonical hours or the service for it, originally fixed for the first hour of the day.
18. Mathematics. prime number. one of the equal parts into which a unit is primarily divided. the mark (′) indicating such a division:
19. Fencing. the first of eight defensive positions.
20. Music. unison (def 2). (in a scale) the tonic or keynote.
21. Linguistics. any basic, indivisible unit used in linguistic analysis.
22. Metallurgy. a piece of tin plate free from visible defects.

adjective

1. of the first importance; demanding the fullest consideration:
2. of the greatest relevance or significance:
3. of the highest eminence or rank:
4. of the greatest commercial value:
5. first-rate:
6. (of meat, especially of beef) noting or pertaining to the first grade or best quality:
7. first in order of time, existence, or development; earliest; primitive.
8. basic; fundamental:
9. Mathematics. (of any two or more numbers) having no common divisor except unity:

verb (used with object)

1. to prepare or make ready for a particular purpose or operation.
2. to supply (a firearm) with powder for communicating fire to a charge.
3. to lay a train of powder to (a charge, mine, etc.).
4. to pour or admit liquid into (a pump) to expel air and prepare for action.
5. to put fuel into (a carburetor) before starting an engine, in order to insure a sufficiently rich mixture at the start.
6. to cover (a surface) with a preparatory coat or color, as in painting.
7. to supply or equip with information, words, etc., for use:
8. to harvest the bottom leaves from (a tobacco plant).

verb (used without object)

1. (of a boiler) to deliver or discharge steam containing an excessive amount of water.
2. to harvest the bottom leaves from a tobacco plant.

Origin of primer

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin prīmārium, noun use of neuter of prīmārius primary

Examples for primer

A primer to the career of the man who just became one of the most important figures in sports.

Below, a primer on what we know about the drone program—and what we still need to find out.

Ahead of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ Sujay Kumar offers a primer on the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.

Like Edgar, he remembers a unique time when American rappers came down and performed at the primer Festival de Rap Cubano.

In such a room he had studied his primer and his Ray's Arithmetic.

She introduced a primer with small black illustrations which fascinated Susan.

The primer, not the bayonet, should be relied upon to uphold the liberty of a nation.

Nine years ago he dazzled audiences with his $7,000 time-travel flick ‘primer.’

Then, to stop this "erosion," the obturating (sealing) primer came into use.

There is 'The Raven,' the first primer, the multiplication table.