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| 1. | [ adjective ] of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand | |
| Examples: | "primary goals" "a primary effect" "primary sources" "a primary interest" |
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| Related terms: | secondary original firsthand particular direct capital first-string first essential original elementary | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not derived from or reducible to something else; basic | |
| Synonyms: | primitive | |
| Examples: | "a primary instinct" |
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| Related terms: | underived | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] most important element | |
| Synonyms: | main principal chief | |
| Examples: | "the chief aim of living" "the main doors were of solid glass" "the principal rivers of America" "the principal example" "policemen were primary targets" |
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| Related terms: | important | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (politics) a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | |
| Synonyms: | primary_election | |
| Related terms: | election direct_primary | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (zoology) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | |
| Synonyms: | primary_quill primary_feather | |
| Related terms: | flight_feather | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] of or being the essential or basic part | |
| Synonyms: | elementary | |
| Examples: | "an elementary need for love and nurturing" |
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| Related terms: | basic | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] of primary importance | |
| Synonyms: | basic basal | |
| Examples: | "basic truths" |
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| Related terms: | essential | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] (education) of elementary education | |
| Synonyms: | basal basic beginning abecedarian | |
| Examples: | "a basal reader" "children in the beginning reading classes" "the primary grades" |
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| Related terms: | elementary | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (physics) coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit | |
| Synonyms: | primary_winding primary_coil | |
| Examples: | "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" |
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| Related terms: | coil transformer | |
| Similar spelling: |
primarily primer Primmer premier primrose |
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