Prime vs Mark - What's the difference?
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First in importance, degree, or rank.
First in time, order, or sequence
* Tennyson
* Milton
First in excellence, quality, or value.
(mathematics, lay) Having exactly two integral factors: itself and unity (1 in the case of integers).
(mathematics, technical) Such that if it divides a product, it divides one of the multiplicands.
(mathematics) Having its complement closed under multiplication: said only of ideals.
Marked or distinguished by the prime symbol.
Early; blooming; being in the first stage.
* Milton
(obsolete) Lecherous; lustful; lewd.
(Christianity, historical) One of the daily offices of prayer of the Western Church, associated with the early morning (typically 6 a.m.).
* Spenser
(obsolete) The early morning.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , I.vi:
The earliest stage of something.
* Hooker
* Waller
The most active, thriving, or successful stage or period.
* Eustace
* Dryden
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The chief or best individual or part.
* Jonathan Swift
(music) The first note or tone of a musical scale.
(fencing) The first defensive position, with the sword hand held at head height, and the tip of the sword at head height.
(algebra, number theory) A prime element of a mathematical structure, particularly a prime number.
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, title= (card games) A four-card hand containing one card of each suit in the game of primero; the opposite of a flush in poker.
(backgammon) Six consecutive blocks, which prevent the opponent's pieces from passing.
The symbol
(chemistry, obsolete) Any number expressing the combining weight or equivalent of any particular element; so called because these numbers were respectively reduced to their lowest relative terms on the fixed standard of hydrogen as 1.
An inch, as composed of twelve seconds in the duodecimal system.
To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
To apply a coat of primer paint to.
(obsolete) To be renewed.
* Quarles
To serve as priming for the charge of a gun.
(of a steam boiler) To work so that foaming occurs from too violent ebullition, which causes water to become mixed with, and be carried along with, the steam that is formed.
To apply priming to (a musket or cannon); to apply a primer to (a metallic cartridge).
To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To trim or prune.
(math) To mark with a prime mark.
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(label) Boundary, land within a boundary.
#(obsolete) A boundary; a border or frontier.
#(obsolete) A boundary-post or fence.
#A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
#*1859 , Henry Bull, A history, military and municipal, of the ancient borough of the Devizes :
#*:I do remember a great thron in Yatton field near Bristow-way, against which Sir William Waller's men made a great fire and killed it. I think the stump remains, and was a mark for travellers.
#(archaic) A type of small region or principality.
#*1954 , J R R Tolkien, The Two Towers :
#*:There dwells Théoden son of Thengel, King of the Mark of Rohan.
#(historical) A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
(label) Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
#An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
#*1813 , Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice :
#*:depend upon it, you will speedily receive from me a letter of thanks for this as well as for every other mark of your regard during my stay in Hertfordshire.
#A characteristic feature.
#:A good sense of manners is the mark of a true gentleman.
#*1643 , Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici :
#*:there is surely a physiognomy, which those experienced and master mendicants observe, whereby they instantly discover a merciful aspect, and will single out a face, wherein they spy the signatures and marks of mercy.
#A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
#*1897 , Bram Stoker, Dracula :
#*:Then she put before her face her poor crushed hands, which bore on their whiteness the red mark of the Count's terrible grip.
#A sign or brand on a person.
#*, III.iv.2.6:
#*:Doubt not of thine election, it is an immutable decree; a mark never to be defaced: you have been otherwise, you may and shall be.
#A written character or sign.
#:The font wasn't able to render all the diacritical marks properly.
#A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
#:With eggs, you need to check for the quality mark before you buy.
#*Knight
#*:The mark of the artisan is found upon the most ancient fabrics that have come to light.
#(obsolete) Resemblance, likeness, image.
#*c.1380 , Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales :
#*:Which mankynde is so fair part of thy werk / That thou it madest lyk to thyn owene merk .
#A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
#:Presentingmy patented travelator, mark two.
#A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such point gained as out of a possible total.
#:What mark did you get in your history test?
(label) Indicator of position, objective etc.
#A target for shooting at with a projectile.
#*, II.1:
#*:A skilfull archer ought first to know the marke he aimeth at, and then apply his hand, his bow, his string, his arrow and his motion accordingly.
#*1786 , Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , p.37:
#*:To give them an accurate eye and strength of arm, none under twenty-four years of age might shoot at any standing mark', except it was for a rover, and then he was to change his '''mark''' at every shot; and no person above that age might shoot at any ' mark whose distance was less than eleven score yards.
#An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
#:I filled the bottle up to the 500ml mark .
#The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
#(obsolete) The female genitals.
#*1596 , William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost , I.4:
#*:A mark' saies my Lady. Let the ' mark haue a prick in't, to meate at, if it may be.
#*1749 , John Cleland, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure , Penguin, 1985, p.68:
#*:her thighs were still spread, and the mark lay fair for him, who, now kneeling between them, displayed to us a side-view of that fierce erect machine of his.
#(Australian rules football) A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
#(sports) The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
#A score for a sporting achievement.
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#*1871 , Chicago Board of Education, Annual Report (vol.17, p.102)
#*:A mark for tardiness or for absence is considered by most pupils a disgrace, and strenuous efforts are made to avoid such a mark.
#(cooking) A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
#:Now put the pastry in at 450 degrees, or mark 8.
#Limit or standard of action or fact.
#:to be within the mark'''; to come up to the '''mark
#Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
#*Shakespeare
#*:In the official marks invested, you / Anon do meet the Senate.
#(archaic) Preeminence; high position.
#:patricians of mark'''; a fellow of no '''mark
#(logic) A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
#(nautical) One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
(label) Attention.
#(archaic) Attention, notice.
#:His last comment is particularly worthy of mark .
#Importance, noteworthiness.
#*1909 , Richard Burton, Masters of the English Novel :
#*:in the short story of western flavor he was a pioneer of mark , the founder of a genre: probably no other writer is so significant in his field.
#(obsolete) Regard; respect.
#*Shakespeare
#*:as much in mock as mark
To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
To indicate in some way for later reference.
To take note of.
* Bible, Psalms xxxvii. 37
To blemish, scratch, or stain.
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, title= To indicate the correctness of and give a score to an essay, exam answers, etc.
To keep account of; to enumerate and register.
(Australian Rules football) To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
(sports) To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
(golf) To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
A measure of weight (especially for gold and silver), once used throughout Europe, equivalent to 8 oz.
* 1997 , Bernard Scudder, translating ‘Egil's Saga’, in The Sagas of Icelanders , Penguin 2001, p. 91:
An English and Scottish unit of currency (originally valued at one mark weight of silver), equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence.
* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 167:
Any of various European monetary units, especially the base unit of currency of Germany between 1948 and 2002, equal to 100 pfennigs.
A mark coin.
(imperative, marching) (said to be easier to pronounce while giving a command ).
As a verb prime
is .As a noun mark is
sign.prime
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) prime, from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- Our prime concern here is to keep the community safe.
- Both the English and French governments established prime meridians in their capitals.
- prime forests
- She was not the prime cause, but I myself.
- This is a prime location for a bookstore.
- Thirteen is a prime number.
- His starry helm, unbuckled, showed him prime / In manhood where youth ended.
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* greatest, most important, main, primary, principal, top * excellent, top quality * earliest, first, original * (having no nontrivial factors) indivisible * (dividing a factor of any product it divides) *Noun
(en noun)- Early and late it rung, at evening and at prime .
- They all as glad, as birdes of ioyous Prime
- in the very prime of the world
- Hope waits upon the flowery prime .
- cut off in their prime
- the prime of youth
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- Once upon a time you dressed so fine. You threw the bums a dime in your prime , didn’t you?
- Give him always of the prime .
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Synonyms
* bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, peak * (chief or best individual or part) choice, prize, quality, select * prime number (when an integer)Derived terms
(algebra) * cousin prime * primality * prime constellation * prime number * sexy prime * twin primeEtymology 2
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to primage.Verb
(prim)- You'll have to press this button twice to prime the fuel pump.
- I need to prime these handrails before we can apply the finish coat.
- Night's bashful empress, though she often wane, / As oft repeats her darkness, primes again.
- to prime a witness
- The boys are primed for mischief.
- (Thackeray)
- to prime trees
Synonyms
* (to apply a coat of primer paint to) ground, undercoatDerived terms
* primerSee also
* prime contract * prime decomposition * prime factorization * prime number * pseudoprimeReferences
mark
English
(wikipedia mark)Alternative forms
* marke (obsolete) * merk (obsolete)Etymology 1
From (etyl) mark, merk, merke, from (etyl) . Compare march.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
(a particular design or make) * Mk (abbreviation) * (abbreviation)Derived terms
* beauty mark * bench-mark/benchmark * birthmark * black mark * bookmark * certification mark * chatter mark * check mark * chop mark * cue mark * diacritical mark * exclamation mark * full marks * funnel mark * gas mark * hash mark * high-water mark * laundry mark * leave one's mark * make one's mark * markstone * miss the mark * off the mark * on your marks * Plimsoll mark * punctuation mark * question mark * quotation mark * reference mark * remark * ripple mark * scuff mark * sea mark * service mark * strawberry mark * stress mark * stretch mark * tempo mark * touchmark / touch-mark * trade mark / trade-mark / trademark * vaccination mark * wide of the markVerb
(en verb)- to mark a box or bale of merchandise
- to mark clothing with one's name
- This monument marks the spot where Wolfe died.
- His courage and energy marked him as a leader.
- Mark the perfect man.
- See where this pencil has marked the paper.
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- to mark the points in a game of billiards or a card game
Synonyms
* (indicate correctness and give score) (l), (l)Derived terms
(Terms derived from the verb "mark") * man-mark * mark-down * mark down * marked * marker * marking * mark my words * mark off * mark out * mark time * mark up * mark-up * press-mark * unmarked * X marks the spotEtymology 2
From (etyl) mark, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- As a reward for his poetry, Athelstan gave Egil two more gold rings weighing a mark each, along with an expensive cloak that the king himself had worn.
- He had been made a royal counsellor, drawing a substantial annual salary of a hundred marks .
Synonyms
* (German currency) (l), (l), (l)See also
* convertible mark * Deutsche Mark, Deutschmark * markka * ReichsmarkEtymology 3
Verb
(head)- Mark time, mark !
- Forward, mark !