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primary

/pɹˈaɪmˌɛɹi/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
“primary goals”
not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
“a primary instinct”
most important element
“the chief aim of living”
of or being the essential or basic part
“an elementary need for love and nurturing”

noun

a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
“current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil”

Synonyms for primary

capital
direct
firsthand
first-string
original
particular
underived
chief
main
principal
master
important
elementary
elemental
basal
basic
primary election
primary feather
primary quill
primary coil
primary winding

Antonyms of primary

secondary

Words that rhyme with primary

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