Primary

  • 11primary — primary/secondary qualities …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 12primary — The first sorting operation for outgoing mail or incoming mail. (Compare withsecondary and tertiary) …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 13primary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of chief importance; principal. 2) earliest in time or order. 3) relating to education for children between the ages of about five and eleven. ► NOUN (pl. primaries) ▪ (in the US) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a… …

    English terms dictionary

  • 14primary — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin primarius basic, primary, from Latin, principal, from primus Date: 15th century 1. first in order of time or development ; primitive < the primary stage of civilization > < the primary&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 15Primary — The word Primary when used alone may refer to:* Primary (band), from Australia * primary circuit, electrical circuit in a Transformer that receives current, as opposed to secondary circuit * Primary (film), 1960 documentary * Primary (LDS Church) …

    Wikipedia

  • 16Primary — Die Primary (Vorwahl) ist ein parteiinternes Verfahren der großen Parteien in den Vereinigten Staaten, um innerhalb einer Partei die Kandidaten für öffentliche Ämter aufzustellen. Das Verfahren wird nur in einem Teil der amerikanischen&#8230; …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 17primary — First; principal; chief; leading. First in order of time, or development, or in intention. As to primary conveyance primary election primary obligation primary vein, see those titles @ primary activity Concerted action such as a strike or&#8230; …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 18primary — [[t]pra͟ɪməri, AM meri[/t]] ♦♦♦ primaries 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use primary to describe something that is very important. [FORMAL] That s the primary reason the company s share price has held up so well... I don t think young people s primary aim in&#8230; …

    English dictionary

  • 19Primary — First or foremost in time or development. The primary teeth (the baby teeth) are those that come first. Primary may also refer to symptoms or a disease to which others are secondary. A primary tumor is one that is at the original site at which it …

    Medical dictionary

  • 20primary — 01. The exportation of raw logs to Asia and the U.S. continues to be one of our province s [primary] industries. 02. Our local fishing industry is [primarily] based on salmon. 03. The doctor said that his [primary] focus at this point is to get&#8230; …

    Grammatical examples in English