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primary is the dictionary form of primarier Definition of primary
primary has definitions from the fields of politics,zoology,physics,education
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"

2
[ adjective ] not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

Synonyms

primitive

Examples

"a primary instinct"

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"

4
[ noun ] (politics) a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

Synonyms

primary_election

5
[ noun ] (zoology) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

Synonyms

primary_quill primary_feather

6
[ adjective ] of or being the essential or basic part

Synonyms

elementary

Examples

"an elementary need for love and nurturing"

7
[ adjective ] of primary importance

Synonyms

basic basal

Examples

"basic truths"

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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[ 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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