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( MATH ) a number that can only be divided by itself and 1. The numbers 7, 17, and 41 are prime numbers.

prim • i • tive / ' primativ / adjective

very simple; not developed

The cooking facilities were very primitive.

primitive beliefs

prince / prins / noun [count]

a man in a royal family, especially the son of a king or queen

the Prince of Egypt

( POLITICS ) a man from a royal family who is the leader of a small country

prin • cess / ' prinses / noun

[ count ] ( plural prin .cess - es )

a woman in a royal family, especially the daughter of a king or queen or the wife of a prince

prin .ci .pal iO I / ' prinsapl /

most important

My principal reason for going to the store was to buy shoes.

prin • ci • pal 2 aw / ' prinsapl / [count]

a person who is in charge of a school The high school has a new principal.

prin • ci • pal • ly aw / ' prinsapli /

mainly; mostly

She sometimes travels to Washington, but she works principally in Baltimore.

prin • ci • ple aw / ' prinsapl / [count]

1 a rule about how you should live He has very strong principles.

refuse to lie about it; it's against my principles .

a rule or fact about how something happens or works scientific principles

print 1 Ф / print / verb ( prints , print - ing ,print - ed )

to put words or pictures onto paper using a machine. Books, newspapers, and magazines are printed .

to write with letters that are not joined together Please print your name and address clearly.

print something out to print information from a

computer onto paper

I'll just print out this document.

The noun is printout .

print2 / print / noun

[ noncount ] letters that a machine makes on paper The print is too small to read without my glasses.

[ count ] a mark where something has pressed on something

footprints in the snow

The police are looking for prints (= fingerprints ) .

[ count ] ( ART ) a copy on paper of a painting or photograph

print • er / ' printar / noun [ count ]

a machine that prints words from a computer

a person or company that prints things like books or newspapers

print • out / ' printant / noun [ count ] ( COMPUTERS ) information from a computer that is printed onto paper

She gave me a printout of my reservation.

pri • or AWL / ' praiar / adjective

coming or happening before or earlier No prior experience is necessary to do the job.

—SYNONYM previous

pri • or • i • tize AWL / prai ' orataiz / verb ( pri - or - i tiz - es, pri - or i - tiz - ing, pri - or - i - tized )

to organize things so that you can do the most important first

You need to prioritize your work so you can meet your deadlines.

pri .ОГ .i .ty Ф / prai'orsti / noun

( plural pri - or - i - ties )

[ count ] something that you think is more important than other things and that you must do first

Education is a top priority .

[ noncount ] being more important than someone or something or coming before someone or something else We give priority to families with small children. Emergency cases take priority over other patients in the hospital.

prism / ' prizam / noun [ count ] ( PHYSICS ) a transparent glass or plastic object. It separates light that passes through it into the seven different colors.

priS .ОП Ф / 'prizn / noun [ count ] a place where criminals must stay as a punishment He was sent to prison for robbing a bank. She was in prison for 15 years.

—SYNONYM jail

priS .on .er Ф / prizn-or/ noun [ count ]

a person who is in prison as a punishment; a person who is not free