prime+of+life
11Life peer — Peerage The peerage assemb …
12prime — prime1 [praım] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin primus first ] 1.) most important = ↑main ▪ Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease. ▪ Our prime concern is providing jobs for all young school leavers. ▪ He was… …
13prime — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 most important: Smoking is the prime cause of heart disease. | Our prime concern is getting the economy back on its feet. 2 of the very best quality or kind: The hotel is in a prime location overlooking the valley …
14life — noun 1 living things ADJECTIVE ▪ intelligent ▪ Is there intelligent life on other planets? ▪ animal, bird, human, insect, plant …
15life — n. 1) to lead a life (to lead a busy life) 2) to prolong; save a life 3) to devote one s life (to smt.) 4) to spend one s life (doing smt.) 5) to give, lay down, sacrifice; risk one s life 6) to claim, snuff out, take a life (she took her own… …
16prime´ness — prime1 «prym», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. first in rank or importance; chief: »His prime object was to get enough to eat. The community s prime need is a new school. SYNONYM(S): principal. 2. Figurative. first in time or order; primary;… …
17life-cycle — A widely used metaphor denoting the passage of an individual through the successive stages of life, from birth to death through childhood, adolescence , adult life, and old age, and implying a return to infancy in old age. The term is broadly… …
18prime — [[t]pra͟ɪm[/t]] ♦♦♦ primes, priming, primed 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use prime to describe something that is most important in a situation. Political stability, meanwhile, will be a prime concern... It could be a prime target for guerrilla attack... The …
19prime — 1. adj. & n. adj. 1 chief, most important (the prime agent; the prime motive). 2 (esp. of cattle and provisions) first rate, excellent. 3 primary, fundamental. 4 Math. a (of a number) divisible only by itself and unity (e.g. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11). b… …
20life peer — A member of the House of Lords appointed by the Prime Minister of the day for their lifetime only. Today, life peers overwhelmingly form the largest segment of the membership of the House of Lords under Phase One of its reform. Announcements… …
