PRIMARY
Scrabble letter values: P3R1I1M3A1R1Y4 = 14
Definition
- adjective of first rank or importance or value.
- adjective not derived from or reducible to something else.
- adjective most important element. — synonyms: chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a)
- adjective of or being the essential or basic part. — synonyms: elementary, elemental, basal
- noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen. — synonyms: primary_election
- noun one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing. — synonyms: primary_feather, primary_quill
- noun (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it.
- noun coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit. — synonyms: primary_coil, primary_winding
Examples
- “direct and immediate rather than secondary”
- “primary goals”
- “a primary effect”