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Defenition of the word primary

    • Defenition of the word primary

      • Administrative classification in the UK for a road, generally linking larger towns.
      • of elementary education; "a basal reader"; "children in the beginning reading classes"; "the primary grades"
      • of primary importance; "basic truths"
      • most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"
      • of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"
      • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
      • 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
      • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"; "seeks excellence at its primitive source--nature"- John Dewey
      • current through primary coil induces current in secondary coil
      • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird''s wing
      • 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"
      • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
      • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
      • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
      • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
      • of primary importance
      • most important element
      • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
      • of or being the essential or basic part

    Synonyms for the word primary

      • abecedarian
      • basal
      • basic
      • beginning
      • central
      • chief
      • core
      • crucial
      • elementary
      • essential
      • first
      • foremost
      • fundamental
      • important
      • initial
      • key
      • leading
      • main
      • major
      • most important
      • primary coil
      • primary election
      • primary feather
      • primary quill
      • primary winding
      • prime
      • primitive
      • principal
      • top

    Similar words in the primary

      • basic
      • capital
      • direct
      • elementary
      • essential
      • first
      • first-string
      • firsthand
      • important
      • of import
      • original
      • particular
      • primary
      • simple
      • special
      • underived

    Meronymys for the word primary

      • transformer

    Hyponyms for the word primary

      • direct primary

    Hypernyms for the word primary

      • celestial body
      • coil
      • election
      • flight feather
      • heavenly body
      • pinion
      • quill
      • quill feather

    Antonyms for the word primary

      • secondary

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