ADJECTIVE | all | primary | of first rank or importance or value |
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all | primary | not derived from or reducible to something else | |
all | primary, chief, main, principal, master | most important element | |
all | primary, elementary, elemental, basal | of or being the essential or basic part | |
NOUN | act | primary, primary election | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
animal | primary, primary feather, primary quill | one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | |
object | primary | (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it | |
artifact | primary, primary coil, primary winding | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit |
Sounds | pray'meh.riy | |
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Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... |
Meaning | Of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary. | |
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Narrower | capital | Of primary importance |
direct | An immediate result or consequence | |
first-string | A regular member of a team | |
firsthand | Received directly from a source | |
original | (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary | |
particular, special | First and most important | |
See also | essential | Basic and fundamental |
first | preceding all others in time or space or degree | |
original | Being or productive of something fresh and unusual | |
Opposite | secondary | Of second rank or importance or value |
Spanish | básico, fundamental, primario, primordial, principal | |
Catalan | bàsic, fonamental, primari, primordial, principal | |
Adverbs | primarily | of primary import / import |
primarily | for the most part |
Meaning | not derived from or reducible to something else; basic. | |
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Example | "a primary instinct" | |
Broader | underived | not derived |
Spanish | primario, primitivo |
Meaning | Most important element. | |
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Example | "policemen were primary targets" | |
Synonyms | chief, main, principal, master | |
Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
Spanish | primordial, principal | |
Catalan | primordial, principal |
Meaning | Of or being the essential or basic part. | |
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Synonyms | elementary, elemental, basal | |
Broader | basic | pertaining to or constituting / constituting a base or basis |
Spanish | básico, elemental | |
Catalan | bàsic, elemental, primordial |
Meaning | A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen. | |
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Synonym | primary election | |
Narrower | direct primary | A primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
Broader | election | A vote to select the winner of a position or political office |
Spanish | elecciones primarias, primarias | |
Catalan | eleccions primàries, primàries |
Meaning | One of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing. | |
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Synonyms | primary feather, primary quill | |
Broader | flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather | Any of the larger / larger wing or tail feathers of a bird |
Meaning | (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it. | |
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Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
Broader | celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky |
Meaning | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit. | |
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Example | "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" | |
Synonyms | primary coil, primary winding | |
Part of | transformer | An electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage |
Broader | coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
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