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primary
Adjective
  • The first in a group or series.
  • Main; principal; placed ahead of others.
  • Earliest formed; fundamental. geology
  • Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement. chemistry
  • Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur. medicine
  • Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc. medicine
Noun
  • A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
  • The first year of grade school.
  • A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
  • The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
  • A primary school.
  • Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird. ornithology
  • A primary colour.
  • A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary electronics
Verb
  • To take part in a primary election. US, intransitive
  • To challenge an incumbent sitting politician for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election US, politics