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English to English adjective
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of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary |  | Example: primary goals
a primary effect
primary sources
a primary interest
source: wordnet30
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First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not derived from or reducible to something else; basic | | Example: a primary instinct
source: wordnet30
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most important element | | Example: the chief aim of living
the main doors were of solid glass
the principal rivers of America
the principal example
policemen were primary targets
the master bedroom
a master switch
source: wordnet30
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of or being the essential or basic part | | Example: an elementary need for love and nurturing
source: wordnet30
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of primary importance | | source: wordnet30 noun
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a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | | source: wordnet30
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one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing | | source: wordnet30
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(astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it | | source: wordnet30
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coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit | | Example: current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil
source: wordnet30
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That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter. | | source: webster1913
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