Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 | |
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. | ![]() 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" | |
4. | primary - of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" 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 essential - basic and fundamental; "the essential feature" |