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prime time
noun prime-time · primetime · prymtyme
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The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm.
Near-synonym: power hour
Similar: power hour
- The busiest or most important period. Summer is prime time for road construction.
- Maturity; the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream. It took years longer than proponents had hoped, but wireless data is ready for prime time.
- Spring.
- A new period or time of youthfulness; the beginning of something.
adjective prime-time · primetime · prymtyme
- Showing or broadcasting during prime time.
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noun block of television programming
| Español | horario central, horario estelar, horario de máxima audiencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황금 시간대 hwanggeum sigandae, 골든 타임 goldeun taim, 프라임 타임 peuraim taim |
| 日本語 | ゴールデンタイム gōrudentaimu, プライムタイム puraimutaimu |
| 中文 | 黃金時段 /黄金时段 huángjīn shíduàn, 黃金時間 /黄金时间 huángjīn shíjiān |
| Português | horário nobre |
| Français | première partie de soirée, heure de plus grande écoute |
| Deutsch | Hauptsendezeit, Prime Time |
| Italiano | prima serata |
| Русский | прайм-та́йм prajm-tájm, лу́чшее эфи́рное вре́мя lúčšeje efírnoje vrémja |
| עברית | זְמַן שִׂיא zmán si', שְׁעַת הַשִּׁיא sh'át si' |
Talk about this word "prime time." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prime%20time. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prime time. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prime%20time "prime time." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prime%20time.Cite this
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title = {prime time},
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