in television and radio broadcasting, the time when the largest number of people are watching or listening:
Meaning of prime time in English
(Definition of prime time from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
prime time | American Dictionary
prime time programs
(Definition of prime time from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of prime time
prime time
In other words, mechanized logic is ready for prime time.
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Since the 1960s, presidents have relied primarily on prime time, nationally televised speeches and press conferences for this purpose.
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Dose-dense chemotherapy: ready for prime time prevent some from interpreting this as a pure trial testing the concept of dose-density.
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The portrayal of older people in prime time television series: the match with gerontological evidence.
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The portrayal of older people in prime time television series : the match with gerontological evidence.
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When can we debate in prime time the problems that that situation creates?
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I should have thought that we could have had prime time for such an important subject.
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The debate should be held in prime time.
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Either the debates should not take place, or, if they do, they take place in prime time.
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I did not raise the matter at prime time.
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I would have thought that if any subject deserved prime time it was this.
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If other people had cared about it, they would have been here and not asked for what is called "prime time".
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It is very gratifying that we use prime time in this way.
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They have been debated in prime time already for about one and a half hours.
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There are at least three good reasons why the debate should be in prime time next season.
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televizyonun en çok izlendiği zaman dilimi, reyting saati, reyting saatinde olan…
prime-time [masculine], heure [feminine] de grande écoute, prime time…
ゴールデンタイム…
prime time, eersteklas…
hlavní vysílací čas, reklama v hlavním vysílacím čase…
bedste sendetid, prime time, prime time-…
waktu terbaik…
ช่วงเวลาที่มีผู้ชมมากที่สุด, ที่มีผู้ชมมากที่สุด…
giờ cao điểm…
okres najwyższej oglądalności, czas największej oglądalności, najlepszy czas antenowy…
bästa sändningstid, på bästa sändningstid…
waktu perdana…
die Hauptsendezeit, die Hauptwerbezeit…
beste sendetid [masculine], beste sendetid, i beste sendetid…
найкращий час, прайм-тайм, такий…
время, когда максимальное количество телезрителей смотрят передачи…
