Meaning & use
Primed
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Prepared or made ready in advance for a particular purpose, function, or situation.
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The team was primed and ready for the championship game.
He primed the wall before applying the first coat of paint.
A note on using this word
In painting, priming refers specifically to applying a base coat that helps the final paint adhere; in psychology, priming describes how exposure to one stimulus influences responses to a later one.
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2. adjective
In psychology, having been exposed to a stimulus that influences the response to a subsequent stimulus.
Participants primed with words about aging walked more slowly afterward.
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