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Meaning of 'primary' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Primary [ a.]
- First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
- First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
- First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
- Earliest formed; fundamental.
- Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
2 . Primary [ n.]
- That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
- A primary meeting; a caucus.
- One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
- A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.

Meaning of 'primary' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . primary [ n]
Meaning (1):
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit
Example in sentence:
  • current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
2 . primary [ a]
Meaning (2):
- of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
Example in sentence:
  • a primary effect;
  • a primary interest;
  • primary goals;
  • primary sources
3 . primary [ s]
Meaning (3):
- of or being the essential or basic part
Example in sentence:
  • a basal reader;
  • an elementary need for love and nurturing
Meaning (4):
- most important element
Example in sentence:
  • a master switch;
  • policemen were primary targets;
  • the chief aim of living;
  • the main doors were of solid glass;
  • the master bedroom;
  • the principal example;
  • the principal rivers of America
Meaning (5):
- not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
Example in sentence:
  • a primary instinct

Nearby Words:

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