| ADJECTIVE | all | primal, cardinal, central, fundamental, key | serving as an essential component |
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| all | primal, aboriginal, primeval, primaeval, primordial | having existed from the beginning |
| Sounds | pray'mahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Serving as an essential component. | |
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| Synonyms | cardinal, central, fundamental, key | |
| Broader | important, of import | Of great significance / significance or value |
| Spanish | básico, central, elemental, esencial, fundamental, primordial | |
| Catalan | bàsic, central, clau, elemental, essencial, fonamental, primordial | |
| Meaning | Having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage / stage / stage or state. | |
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| Example | "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth" | |
| Synonyms | aboriginal, primeval, primaeval, primordial | |
| Broader | early | At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time |
| Spanish | originario, primitivo, primordial | |
| Catalan | originari, primitiu | |
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