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primary

UK
/ˈpraɪməri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/

Translations

primarynoun
primaries
pl
UK
/ˈpraɪ.məri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
primairePolitique, surtout aux États-Unis.
The primary elections will determine which candidates will represent the party in the general election.
Les primaires détermineront quels candidats représenteront le parti à l'élection générale.
couleur primaire
Red, blue, and yellow are considered primary colors in art.
Le rouge, le bleu et le jaune sont considérés comme des couleurs primaires en art.
enroulement primaireÉlectricité.
If the primary is short-circuited, the transformer will overheat.
Si l'enroulement primaire est en court-circuit, le transformateur surchauffera.
école primaireBritannique, familier.
Their youngest has just started at the village primary.
Leur benjamin vient de commencer à l'école primaire du village.
Additional translations
rémige primaireOrnithologie.
astre primaireAstronomie.
Synonyms
primary election
primary contest
preliminary
preliminary election
nomination contest
primary vote
primary school
elementary school
grade school
primaryadjective
UK
/ˈpraɪməri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
The primary goal of the project is to improve community health.
L'objectif principal du projet est d'améliorer la santé de la communauté.
The primary stages of the disease are often difficult to detect.
Les stades initiaux de la maladie sont souvent difficiles à détecter.
primaireÉducation.
She is a primary school teacher specializing in early childhood education.
Elle est enseignante dans le primaire, spécialisée dans l'éducation de la petite enfance.
primaireCouleurs et sens scientifique.
The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
Les couleurs primaires sont le rouge, le bleu et le jaune.
Synonyms
main
chief
principal
foremost
dominant
central
key
major
paramount
leading
Antonyms
secondary
primaryverb
primaried
Past Simple
primaried
Past Participle
primarying
Gerund
UK
/ˈpraɪ.məri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
Used chiefly in U.S. politics meaning ‘to challenge (an incumbent) in a primary election’. Transitive.
Additional translations
défierPolitique, aux élections primaires.
Synonyms
challenge
contest
oppose
run against
unseat

Definitions

primarynoun
A preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.
The primary elections will determine which candidates will represent the party in the general election.
A primary color, which is a color that cannot be created by mixing other colors together.
Red, blue, and yellow are considered primary colors in art.
Each of the main flight feathers on a bird’s wing.
The falcon’s primaries were clipped for the veterinary procedure.
The primary coil or winding in an electrical transformer or similar device.
If the primary is short-circuited, the transformer will overheat.
The principal body in a gravitational system, such as the star in a binary star or the planet orbited by a moon.
The planet’s gravitational pull keeps its moons in orbit around the primary.
(Britain, informal) A primary school, or a pupil attending one.
Their youngest has just started at the village primary.
primaryadjective
Of chief importance; principal.
The primary goal of the project is to improve community health.
Earliest in time or order of development.
The primary stages of the disease are often difficult to detect.
Relating to education for young children, typically covering the first six or seven years of school.
She is a primary school teacher specializing in early childhood education.
Not derived from, caused by, or based on anything else; original.
The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
primaryverb
To challenge (an incumbent politician) by running against them in a party’s primary election.
The senator was primaried from the right by a more conservative opponent.
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