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(noun) a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen |
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Synonyms: primary election |
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Related Words: direct primary, election |
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(satellite adjective) not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"; "seeks excellence at its primitive source--nature"- John Dewey |
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Synonyms: primitive |
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(adjective) of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" |
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Antonyms: secondary |
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(noun) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing |
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Synonyms: primary feather, primary quill |
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Related Words: flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather |
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(satellite adjective) of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" |
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Synonyms: elementary |
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(satellite adjective) of primary importance; "basic truths" |
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Synonyms: basal, basic |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: chief, main, principal |
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(noun) current through primary coil induces current in secondary coil |
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Synonyms: primary coil, primary winding |
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Related Words: coil |
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(satellite adjective) of elementary education; "a basal reader"; "children in the beginning reading classes"; "the primary grades" |
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Synonyms: abecedarian, basal, basic, beginning |
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