primary

adjective

  1. 1

    not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

    a primary instinct

  2. 2

    of primary importance

  3. 3

    most important element

    the chief aim of living

    the main doors were of solid glass

  4. 4

    of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

    primary goals

    a primary effect

  5. 5

    of or being the essential or basic part

    an elementary need for love and nurturing

noun

  1. 1

    a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

  2. 2

    one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

  3. 3

    coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

    current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil

  4. 4

    (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

Synonyms

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