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Primary

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Definitions for Primary

noun
a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
Synonyms
primary election
noun
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
Synonyms
primary feather primary quill
noun
(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
noun
coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
Synonyms
primary coil primary winding
Examples
  1. current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
adjective
of first rank or importance or value
Examples
  1. direct and immediate rather than secondary
  2. primary goals
  3. a primary effect
  4. primary sources
  5. a primary interest
adjective
not derived from or reducible to something else
Examples
  1. basic
  2. a primary instinct
adjective
most important element
Synonyms
chief(a) main(a) primary(a) principal(a) master(a)
Examples
  1. the chief aim of living
  2. the main doors were of solid glass
  3. the principal rivers of America
  4. the principal example
  5. policemen were primary targets
  6. the master bedroom
  7. a master switch
adjective
of or being the essential or basic part
Synonyms
Examples
  1. an elementary need for love and nurturing
  2. a basal reader

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