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pri·mar·y  (prmr, -m-r)

adj.

1. First or highest in rank, quality, or importance; principal.

2. Being or standing first in a list, series, or sequence.

3. Occurring first in time or sequence; earliest.

4. Being or existing as the first or earliest of a kind; primitive.

5. Geology Characteristic of or existing in a rock at the time of its formation.

6. Serving as or being an essential component, as of a system; basic. See Synonyms at chief.

7.

a. Immediate; direct: a primary effect; a primary information source.

b. Preliminary to a later stage in a continuing process: primary training.

c. Of or relating to a primary school: the primary grades.

8. Of or relating to a primary color or colors.

9. Linguistics

a. Having a word root or other linguistic element as a basis that cannot be further analyzed or broken down. Used of the derivation of a word or word element.

b. Referring to present or future time. Used as a collective designation for various present and future verb tenses in Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit.

10. Electronics Of, relating to, or constituting an inducting current, circuit, or coil.

11. Of, relating to, or designating the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing.

12. Of or relating to agriculture, forestry, the industries that extract natural materials from the earth, or the products so obtained: a primary commodity.

13. Chemistry

a. Relating to the replacement of one of several atoms or radicals in a compound by another atom or radical.

b. Having a carbon atom attached solely to one other carbon atom in a molecule.

14. Botany Of, relating to, or derived from a primary meristem.

n. pl. pri·mar·ies

1.

a. One that is first in time, order, or sequence.

b. One that is first or best in degree, quality, or importance.

c. One that is fundamental, basic, or elemental.

2.

a. A meeting of the registered voters of a political party for the purpose of nominating candidates and for choosing delegates to their party convention.

b. A preliminary election in which the registered voters of a political party nominate candidates for office.

3. A primary color.

4. A primary flight feather.

5. Electronics An inducting current, circuit, or coil.

6. Astronomy

a. A celestial body, especially a star, relative to other bodies in orbit around it.

b. The brighter of two stars that make up a double star.

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[Middle English, from Latin prmrius, chief, from prmus, first; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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primary

Adjective

1. first in importance

2. first in position or time, as in a series: he argued that the country was only in the primary stage of socialism

3. fundamental or basic: the new policy will put the emphasis on primary health care rather than hospital care

4. being the first stage; elementary: all new recruits participated in the same primary training courses

5. relating to the education of children up to the age of 11 or 12

6. (of an industry) involving the obtaining of raw materials

7. (of the flight feathers of a bird's wing) outer and longest

8. being the part of an electric circuit in which a changing current causes a current in a neighbouring circuit: a primary coil

Noun

pl -ries

1. a person or thing that is first in position, time, or importance

2. (in the US) an election in which the voters of a state choose a candidate for office Full name: (primary election)

3. a primary school

4. a primary colour

5. any of the outer and longest flight feathers of a bird's wing

6. a primary part of an electric circuit [Latin primarius principal]

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primary  (prmr)

1. Relating to a primary color.

2. Relating to plant tissues or growth derived from the apical meristem in the tips of roots and shoots, whose cells divide and elongate to cause the plant to grow lengthwise.

3.

a. Relating to or having a carbon atom that is attached to only one other carbon atom in a molecule.

b. Relating to an organic molecule, such as an alcohol, in which the functional group is attached to a primary carbon. A primary alcohol, for example, has the hydroxyl (OH) group attached to the last carbon in a chain.

4.

a. Arising first and spontaneously, as a disease, disorder, or tumor, and not as a result of a known medical condition or injury.

b. Relating to the first set of teeth that develops in humans.

5. Relating to the initial medical care given by a healthcare provider to a patient, especially in a setting of ambulatory, continuous care, and sometimes followed by referral to other medical providers. Compare secondarytertiary

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	primary - a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen primary election election - a vote to select the winner of a position or political office; "the results of the election will be announced tonight" direct primary - a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office
	2.	primary - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing primary feather, primary quill flight feather, quill feather, pinion, quill - any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird
	3.	primary - (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it astronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole celestial body, heavenly body - natural objects visible in the sky
	4.	primary - coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" primary coil, primary winding coil - reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit transformer - an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage
Adj.	1.	primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" original - being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind" secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"
	2.	primary - not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct" underived - not derived; primary or simple
	3.	primary - most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch" chief, main, master, principal important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"
	4.	primary - of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" elemental, elementary basic - pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"
	5.	primary - of primary importance basal essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

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primary

adjective 1. chief, leading, main, best, first, highest, greatest, top, prime, capital, principal, dominant, cardinal, paramount << OPPOSITE subordinate

adjective 2. basic, essential, radical, fundamental, ultimate, underlying, elemental, bog-standard (informal) << OPPOSITE secondary

Translations

primary [ˈpraɪmərɪ] adj → primario (= first in importance); principal

n (US) (also: primary election) → (elección f) primaria

primary

Las elecciones primarias (primaries) sirven para preseleccionar a los candidatos de los partidos Demócrata ("Democratic") y Republicano ("Republican") durante la campaña que precede a las elecciones a presidente de los Estados Unidos. Se inician en New Hampshire y tienen lugar en 35 estados de febrero a junio. El número de votos obtenidos por cada candidato determina el número de delegados que votarán en el congreso general ("National Convention") de julio y agosto, cuando se decide el candidato definitivo de cada partido.

primary [ˈpraɪmərɪ] adj → primaire (= first in importance); premier/ière, primordial(e)

n (US) (= election); (élection f) primaire f

primaries

Aux États-Unis, les primaries constituent un processus de sélection préliminaire des candidats qui seront choisis par les principaux partis lors de la campagne électorale pour l'élection présidentielle. Elles ont lieu dans 35 États, de février à juin, l'année de l'élection. Chaque État envoie en juillet - août des "delegates" aux conventions démocrate et républicaine chargées de désigner leur candidat à la présidence. Ces "delegates" sont généralement choisis en fonction du nombre de voix obtenu par les candidats lors des primaries.

primary [ˈpraɪmərɪ] adj (= principal) → Haupt-, hauptsächlich; [education, teacher] → Grundschul-

n (US) (election) → Vorwahl f

primary

Als primary wird im amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahlkampf eine Vorwahl bezeichnet, die mitentscheidet, welche Präsidentschaftskandidaten die beiden großen Parteien aufstellen. Vorwahlen werden nach komplizierten Regeln von Februar (New Hampshire) bis Juni in etwa 35 Staaten abgehalten. Der von den Kandidaten in den primaries erzielte Stimmenanteil bestimmt, wie viele Abgeordnete bei der endgültigen Auswahl der demokratischen bzw. republikanischen Kandidaten auf den nationalen Parteitagen im Juli/August für sie stimmen.

primary [ˈpraɪmərɪ] adj → primario/a (= first in importance); primo/a

n (US) (election) → primarie fpl

primary

Negli Stati Uniti, attraverso le primaries viene fatta una prima scrematura dei candidati dei partiti alle elezioni presidenziali. La scelta definitiva del candidato da presentare alla presidenza si basa sui risultati delle primaries e ha luogo durante le "Conventions" dei partiti, che si tengono in luglio e in agosto.

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