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primary

Definition

  • noun: an election in which members of the same political party run against each other for the chance to be in a larger and more important election
  • noun: something that stands first in rank, importance, or value
  • adjective: most important
  • adjective: first in order of time or development
  • usually used in plural
  • synonyms: fundamental

Examples

  • The book is based mainly on 'primary' sources rather than secondary sources.

  • a new 'primary school' [=('US') 'elementary school', ('US') 'grade school']

  • The 'primary' function of our schools is to educate our young people.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It's a Soviet-era anti-tank mine. There are still thousands of them in Afghanistan. Jihadist terror groups have been using them for years as their primary IEDs. Hannah, you hearing this? Agent Wells, the bomb is... Is an unexploded munition you think was used by a Mideast terror group... (..)
    2016 TvShow: Designated Survivor Title: Pilot Season: 1 Episode 1