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Definition primary

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?m?rius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from pr?mus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -?rius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier.

Adjective

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primary (comparative more primary, superlative most primary)

  1. first or earliest in a group or series.
  2. main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
  3. (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
  4. (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
  5. (medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
  6. (medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.

Noun

primary (plural primaries)

  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, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
  5. A primary school.
  6. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
  7. A primary colour.
  8. (medicine) Primary site of disease; original location or source of the disease.
  9. (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary

Verb

primary (third-person singular simple present primaries, present participle primarying, simple past and past participle primaried)

  1. (US, transitive) To knock out an incumbent in the primary election, typically used referring to a non-incumbent challenger.
  2. (US, intransitive) To take part in a primary election.
  3. (US, politics) To challenge an incumbent sitting politician for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election

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PARRY 10
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AMIR 7
ARMY 9
MAIR 7
MIRY 9
PAIR 7
PARR 7
PIMA 10
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PRAY 9
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RAMI 7
RAMP 10
RIMY 9
YIRR 6
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AIR 3
AMI 6
AMP 9
ARM 6
IMP 9
MAP 9
MAR 6
MAY 8
MIR 6
PAM 9
PAR 6
PAY 8
PIA 6
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RAI 3
RAM 6
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RAY 5
RIA 3
RIM 6
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RYA 5
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AM 5
AR 2
AY 4
MA 5
MI 5
MY 7
PA 5
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YA 4

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