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| pri·mar·y [ pr mèrree, prməree ] |
adjective |
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1. most important: ranked as most important
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2. first in sequence: first or earliest in a sequence
  the primary stage of development
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3. basic: essential or basic to something
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4. firsthand: obtained directly from or due directly to something
seeking out primary sources of information
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5. original: existing first, from the beginning, or before all others
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6. relating to early education: relating to the early years of formal education, usually for children between the ages of 6 and 12
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7. relating to natural resource industry: relating to or produced by an industry such as forestry, mining, or agriculture, that collects and processes a natural resource
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8. chemistry substituting atoms: relating to or resulting from the replacement of one or more atoms in a molecule
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9. chemistry of attached carbon atom: describes a carbon atom in a molecule that is bonded to one other carbon atom only
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10. biochemistry of amino acid sequence: describes the basic type, number, or sequence of amino acids in a polypeptide
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11. botany grown from embryonic tissue: describes growth from embryonic tissue in the tip of a root or shoot
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noun (plural pri·mar·ies) |
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1. politics election of candidates for governmental position: an election in which members of a party choose candidates for a governmental position
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2. politics election of delegates to choose candidates: an election to choose delegates who will choose the party's candidates at a political convention
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3. colors
Same as primary color
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4. astronomy brighter star of binary star: the brighter or larger of two stars in a binary star
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5. astronomy
Same as primary planet
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6. birds
Same as primary feather
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| [15th century. < Latin primarius< primus "first"] |
