Primary

  • 31primary — 1. adjective /ˈpraɪməri,ˈpraɪmɛri,ˈpraɪməri/ a) The first in a group or series. Children attend primary school, teenagers attend secondary school. b) That which is placed ahead of others. Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of… …

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  • 32primary — n. party election (AE) 1) to hold a primary 2) a closed; direct; open; preferential; presidential; runoff primary * * * [ praɪm(ə)rɪ] direct open preferential presidential runoff primary [ party election ] (AE) to hold a primary …

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  • 33primary*/*/ — [ˈpraɪməri] adj I 1) most important Syn: main Dealing with crime is our primary concern.[/ex] 2) relating to the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven primary education[/ex] 3) coming or happening before other things… …

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  • 34primary — adjective 1) our primary role Syn: main, chief, key, prime, central, principal, foremost, first, first line, most important, predominant, paramount; informal number one Ant: secondary, subordinat …

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  • 35primary —   Mua. Primary election, koho wae moho, koho mua.    ♦ Primary school, kula kamali i …

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  • 36primary — Adjective: First in order of time or development; original; preparatory to something higher. State of Indiana v Hirsch, 125 Ind 207, 24 NE 1062. Noun: Any convention, caucus, or meeting of voters, or a primary election, for choosing candidates… …

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  • 37primary — adj. Primary is used with these nouns: ↑agent, ↑aim, ↑allegiance, ↑campaign, ↑care, ↑cause, ↑challenge, ↑colour, ↑commodity, ↑complaint, ↑component, ↑con …

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  • 38Primary — Pri|ma|ry [ praiməri] die; , ...ries [...riz] (meist Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. primary (election), eigtl. »erste (Auswahl)«> Vorwahl (im Wahlsystem der USA) …

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  • 39primary —    The primary colors: red, yellow, and bluecolors    The colors yellow, red (magenta), and blue (cyan) from which it is possible to mix all the other colors of the spectrum also known as the subtractive or colorant primaries. Thus pigments that… …

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  • 40primary — adjective 1》 of chief importance; principal. 2》 earliest in time or order.     ↘(Primary) Geology former term for Palaeozoic. 3》 not caused by or based on anything else. 4》 chiefly Brit. relating to or denoting education for children between the… …

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