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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 |