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English adjective: primary | |||
| 1. | primary of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary | ||
| Samples | Primary goals. A primary effect. Primary sources. A primary interest. | ||
| Similar | capital, direct, first-string, firsthand, original, particular, special | ||
| See also | essential, first, original | ||
| Antonyms | secondary | ||
| 2. | primary not derived from or reducible to something else; basic | ||
| Samples | A primary instinct. | ||
| Similar | underived | ||
| Antonyms | derived | ||
| 3. | primary most important element | ||
| Samples | The chief aim of living. The main doors were of solid glass. The principal rivers of America. The principal example. Policemen were primary targets. The master bedroom. A master switch. | ||
| Synonyms | chief, main, master, principal | ||
| Similar | important, of import | ||
| Antonyms | unimportant | ||
| 4. | primary of or being the essential or basic part | ||
| Samples | An elementary need for love and nurturing. | ||
| Synonyms | elemental, elementary | ||
| Similar | basic | ||
| Antonyms | incidental, incident | ||
| 5. | primary of primary importance | ||
| Synonyms | basal | ||
| Similar | essential | ||
| Antonyms | inessential, unessential | ||
English noun: primary | |||
| 1. | primary (act) a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | ||
| Synonyms | primary election | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | election | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | direct primary | ||
| 2. | primary (animal) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | ||
| Synonyms | primary feather, primary quill | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather | ||
| 3. | primary (object) (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | celestial body, heavenly body | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| 4. | primary (artifact) coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit | ||
| Samples | Current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil. | ||
| Synonyms | primary coil, primary winding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coil | ||
| Part meronym | transformer | ||
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