The word 'priming' is a correct and usable word in written English.
You can use this word when talking about preparing something or someone for an activity, such as reading or exercising, or when talking about the process of coating or treating a surface with a primer in order to prepare it for painting. For example: Before painting the wall, we had to perform a priming operation in order to create a smoother and more even surface.
The Gulf of Tonkin, anti-German hysteria before the first world war, Eden's support for Suez from the Times and the newsreels – these were all democratic governments priming the public with forms of propaganda.
It is, however, enough to justify putting effort into improving this approach.Related items AIDS vaccines: A fluttering in the breezeSep 3rd 2009 HIV in young people: Unequally at riskMay 7th 2009 AIDS: The ideal and the goodNov 27th 2008Traditional vaccines work mainly by priming the immune system so that it knows how to make antibodies to a particular infectious agent.
Meanwhile, the government will try to revive a weak economy by splashing out on public works and priming the pumps of consumer spending.
But in this study, the effect of priming System 2 appears to have been stronger than any fatigue effect.Yet more reason to learn a foreign language, dear readers.
Meanwhile the government is priming the pump, cutting the domestic price of fuel by 25% and expanding the range of staples, such as cooking oil, sugar and tea, that it subsidises, along with rice and flour.
And since staying in is the new going out, little girls will have more time for old-fashioned play.In this section Boom in the bust Priming the pipe No Opel, no hope Sui Genesis So much for capitalism In the pink Game on ReprintsBarbie also embodies career flexibility, a valuable attribute in difficult times.
No less important is Asia's massive fiscal pump-priming.
And these problems are continuing to delay the recovery despite the federal government pump-priming the economy and keeping interest rates near zero.In this section Haier and higher Pennies from heaven Silicon and pine Cracking the screens Turning Japanese Three legs good?
Most analysts expect China to achieve at least 7% growth this year thanks to buoyant exports and foreign investment as well as governmental pump-priming.
Republicans blame the weak recovery on misguided Keynesian pump-priming and government overreach, and think higher taxes perverse when the economy is struggling.
Rising world prices for Argentina's farm-commodity exports and government pump-priming unleashed an economic boom.
