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LA
Abbreviation
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Louisiana, a state of the United States of America.
I live in Baton Rouge, LA.
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Lao People's Democratic Republic, a member state of the United Nations.
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Lampung, a province of Indonesia.
LA
Initialism
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Los Angeles, a city in the state of California in the United States.
We went to LA for the summer.
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Lead arsenate, a pesticide introduced in the United States in 1892, mostly replaced by DDT in the late 1940s, and banned in 1988.
prime
Adjective
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If something is prime, it is best, most important, most suitable, or in some way number one.
Canada is a prime example of a multicultural country.
He was the prime suspect in the murder investigation.
prime
Noun
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The prime is the best part of something.
He was killed at the prime of his life.
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A prime is a number that can be evenly divided only by one and itself.
The first six primes are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13.
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A prime is something that primes something else.
prime
Verb
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If you prime something, you get it ready to do something.
The coach has primed them for the game.
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to manipulate, in a subtle manner, people's decision-making by use of symbols, location, etc.
Sur
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noun
a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks