Primary

Adjective

 * 1) The first in a group or series.
 * Children attend primary school, teenagers attend secondary school.
 * 1) That which is placed ahead of others.
 * Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.

Derived terms

 * primarily
 * primary care
 * primary color, primary colour
 * primary producer
 * primary research
 * primary school
 * primary source

Noun

 * 1) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
 * 2) The first year of grade school.
 * 3) A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
 * 4) The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
 * 5) A primary school.
 * 6) * 2001, David Woods, Martyn Cribb, Effective LEAs and school improvement
 * Excellence in Cities offers a further development of this approach, whereby secondary schools operate with small clusters of primaries as mini-EAZs.
 * 1)  Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
 * 2) A primary colour.
 * 3) * 2003, Julie A Jacko, Andrew Sears, The human-computer interaction handbook
 * By adding and subtracting the three primaries, cyan, yellow, and magenta are produced. These are called subtractive primaries.

Verb

 * 1) 🇺🇸 To take part in a primary election

Thesaurus
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Pronunciation

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Etymology
From primarius: < primus:; see prime. Compare French: primaire: and primer and premier.

Adjective

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 * Chinese: 第一的 (dìyī de)
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 最初の (さいしょの, saisho no)
 * Korean: 본래의 (bollae-ui)
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 * Russian: первичный (pervíčnyj)
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 * : ప్రాథమిక (praathamika)

Noun

 * Finnish: esivaalit
 * Hungarian: előválasztás


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 * Spanish: básico


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 * : ప్రాథమికం