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List of meaning for primary

principal and major

primary, primary election(noun)

a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

primary, primary feather, primary quill(noun)

one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

primary(noun)

(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

primary coil, primary winding, primary(adj)

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(adj)

of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

"primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

primary(adj)

not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

"a primary instinct"

chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)(adj)

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"

elementary, elemental, primary(adj)

of or being the essential or basic part

"an elementary need for love and nurturing"

basal, primary(adj)

of primary importance

coming before all others in importance

the primary concern for many house hunters is the asking price

done or working without something else coming in between

a crop failure that was the primary cause of the famine

highest in rank or authority

the movie's primary screenwriter

coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows

a few minutes of primary instruction in the use of our diving gear before we actually got into the water

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