Prime

Name: Tan Hong Xiang (29) Class 1-7

Meaning

1. First in excellence, quality, or value.
2. First in degree or rank; chief.
3. First or early in time, order, or sequence; original.
4. Of the highest U.S. government grade of meat.
5. Mathematics Of, relating to, or being a prime number

Etymology

1399, from L. primus "first," from pre-Italic *prismos, superl. of Old L. pri "before," from PIE base *per- "beyond," *pro- "before" (see pre-). To prime a pump (c.1840) meant to pour water down the tube, which saturated the sucking mechanism and made it draw up water more readily. Arithmetical sense (prime number) is from 1570; prime meridian is from 1878; prime minister is from 1646, applied to the First Minister of State of Great Britain since 1694. Priming "first coat of paint" is from 1609. Prime time originally (1503) meant "spring time;" broadcasting sense of "peak tuning-in period" is attested from 1964

Sentence

The prime cause of the trouble was bad management