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
- current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
adjective
of first rank or importance or value
Examples
- direct and immediate rather than secondary
- primary goals
- a primary effect
- primary sources
- a primary interest
adjective
not derived from or reducible to something else
Examples
- basic
- a primary instinct
adjective
most important element
Synonyms
chief(a)
main(a)
primary(a)
principal(a)
master(a)
Examples
- 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
adjective
of or being the essential or basic part
Synonyms
Examples
- an elementary need for love and nurturing
- a basal reader