primary
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a…A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
» This is our primary target.
Это наша основная цель.
Это наша главная цель.
Це наша основна мета.
Meaning
11 sensesA primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
Vorwahl
The first year of grade school.
A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
A primary school.
Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
Handschwinge
one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
A primary colour.
The first stage of a thermonuclear weapon, which sets off a fission explosion to help trigger a fusion reaction in the weapon's secondary stage.
A radar return from an aircraft (or other object) produced solely by the reflection of the radar beam from the aircraft's skin, without additional information from the aircraft's transponder.
The primary site of a disease; the original location or source of the disease.
unknown primary
most common primaries
A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary.
Examples
188 sentencesThis is our primary target.
Це наша основна мета.
ruЭто наша основная цель.
My primary concern is your safety.
deMeine primäre Sorge ist deine Sicherheit.
Tom is a primary school teacher.
deTom ist Grundschullehrer.
Tom is still in primary school.
I went to primary school in Boston.
deDie Grundschule habe ich in Boston besucht.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from pBorrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from prīmus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier. Doublet of premier.
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Forms
plural: primariesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen:primary election
- one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing:primary featherprimary quill
- coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit:primary coilprimary winding
Word family
8 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- primary school
- primary school teacher
- a primary school
- is a primary