primary

/ˈpɹɒeməɹi/ · noun

Meaning

A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
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.
To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
To take part in a primary election.
First or earliest in a group or series.
Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
Earliest formed; fundamental.
Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.

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