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Etymology

From Latin primarius (“‘of the first, of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent’”) < primus (“‘first’”); see prime. Cf. French: primaire and primer and premier.

Adjective

primary (comparative more primary, superlative most primary)

Positive primary

Comparative more primary

Superlative most primary
  1. The first in a group or series.
    Children attend primary school, teenagers attend secondary school.
  2. That which is placed ahead of others.
    Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.

Derived terms

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Noun

Singular primary

Plural primaries

primary (plural primaries)

  1. A preliminary election to select a political candidate.
  2. The first year of grade school.
  3. A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
  4. The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
  5. A primary school.
    • 2001, David Woods, Martyn Cribb, Effective LEAs and school improvement
      Excellence in Cities offers a further development of this approach, whereby secondary schools operate with small clusters of primaries as mini-EAZs.
  6. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
  7. A primary colour.
    • 2003, Julie A Jacko, Andrew Sears, The human-computer interaction handbook
      By adding and subtracting the three primaries, cyan, yellow, and magenta are produced. These are called subtractive primaries.

Translations

a preliminary election to select a political candidate
  • Finnish: esivaalit fi(fi)
  • Hungarian: előválasztás hu(hu)
  • Persian: نخستین
the first year of grade school
  • Persian: ابتدایی fa(fa)
a base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible
ornithology: any flight feather attached to the manus of a bird
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  • Telugu: ప్రాథమికం te(te) (praathamikaM)

Verb

Infinitive to primary

Third person singular primaries

Simple past primaried

Past participle [[primaried]]

Present participle primarying

to primary (third-person singular simple present primaries, present participle primarying, simple past and past participle primaried)

  1. (US) To take part in a primary election

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