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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pri•ma•ry /ˈpraɪmɛri, -məri/USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ries. adj. - first in rank or importance;
chief:one's primary goal in life. - [before a noun] first in order in any series, etc.;
first in time;
earliest. - of or relating to a primary school:[before a noun]the primary grades.
- being of the simplest or most basic order of its or their kind:[before a noun]a primary constituent in a sentence.
n. [countable] - something first in order or importance.
- Governmenta preliminary election in which voters of each political party nominate candidates for office, etc., who then run for office in another, larger election:After a hard-fought primary, he lost the general election.
See -prim-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pri•ma•ry (prī′mer ē, -mə rē),USA pronunciation adj., n., pl. -ries. adj. - first or highest in rank or importance;
chief;
principal:his primary goals in life. - first in order in any series, sequence, etc.
- first in time;
earliest;
primitive. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of primary school:the primary grades.
- constituting or belonging to the first stage in any process.
- of the nature of the ultimate or simpler constituents of which something complex is made up:Animals have a few primary instincts.
- original;
not derived or subordinate;
fundamental;
basic. - immediate or direct, or not involving intermediate agency:primary perceptions.
- Sociology(of social values or ideals) conceived as derived from the primary group and culturally defined as being necessary to the welfare of the individual and society.
- Birds[Ornith.]pertaining to any of the set of flight feathers situated on the distal segment of a bird's wing.
- Electricitynoting or pertaining to the circuit, coil, winding, or current that induces current in secondary windings in an induction coil, transformer, or the like.
- Chemistry
- involving or obtained by replacement of one atom or group.
- noting or containing a carbon atom united to no other or to only one other carbon atom in a molecule.
- Grammar
- (of a derivative) having a root or other unanalyzable element as the underlying form.
- (of Latin, Greek, Sanskrit tenses) having reference to present or future time. Cf. secondary (def. 9).
n. - something that is first in order, rank, or importance.
- Government[U.S. Politics.]
- Also called primary election. a preliminary election in which voters of each party nominate candidates for office, party officers, etc. Cf. closed primary, direct primary, indirect primary, open primary.
- a meeting of the voters of a political party in an election district for nominating candidates for office, choosing delegates for a convention, etc.;
caucus.
- OpticsSee primary color.
- Birds[Ornith.]a primary feather.
- Electricitya winding in a transformer or the like that carries a current and that induces a current in secondary windings.
- Astronomy
- a body in relation to a smaller body or smaller bodies revolving around it, as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- the brighter of the two stars comprising a double star. Cf. companion 1 (def. 6).
- Latin prīmārius of the first rank. See prime, -ary
- late Middle English (adjective, adjectival) 1425–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged main, prime.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged original; primeval.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged beginning, opening. See elementary.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged last.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged final.
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