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ADJECTIVE | 1 | primary | Of first rank or importance or value |
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2 | primary | Not derived from or reducible to something else | |
3 | primary, chief, main, principal | Most important element | |
4 | primary, elementary | Of or being the essential or basic part | |
5 | primary, basal, basic | Of primary importance | |
NOUN | 1 | primary, primary election | A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
2 | primary, primary feather, primary quill | One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | |
3 | primary, primary coil, primary winding | Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit |
Sounds | pray'meh.riy |
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Rhymes | accusatory, actuary, adversary, and 422 more rhymes in riy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Of first rank or importance or value. Direct and immediate rather than secondhand. |
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Examples | "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
Similar | capital; direct; firsthand; first-string; original; particular, special |
See also | essential; first; original |
Contrary | secondary |
Adverbs | primarily; primarily |
Meaning | Not derived from or reducible to something else. Basic. |
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Examples | "a primary instinct" |
Similar to | underived |
Meaning | Most important element. |
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Examples | "policemen were primary targets" |
Synonyms | chief, main, principal |
Similar to | important, of import |
Meaning | Of or being the essential or basic part. |
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Synonyms | elementary |
Similar to | basic |
Meaning | Of primary importance. |
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Synonyms | basal, basic |
Similar to | essential |
Meaning | A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen. |
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Synonyms | primary election |
Narrower | direct primary |
Broader | election |
Meaning | One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing. |
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Synonyms | primary feather, primary quill |
Broader | flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather |
Meaning | Coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit. |
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Examples | "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" |
Synonyms | primary coil, primary winding |
Part of | transformer |
Broader | coil |