primary

UK
/ˈpraɪməri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/

Translations

primarynoun
primaries
pl
UK
/ˈpraɪ.məri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
праймеризполит., США; обычно мн. ч.
The primary was held to select the party's candidate for the election.
Праймериз были проведены, чтобы выбрать кандидата партии на выборы.
Synonyms
primary election
primary contest
preliminary election
nomination contest
grade school
elementary school
primary school
primary vote
primaryadjective
UK
/ˈpraɪməri/
US
/ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
She is a primary school teacher specializing in early childhood education.
Она учительница начальной школы, специализирующаяся на дошкольном образовании.
первичныйтехн./научн.
The primary data were collected directly from patients.
Первичные данные были собраны непосредственно у пациентов.
The primary colors are red, blue, and yellow.
Основные цвета — красный, синий и жёлтый.
The primary concern of the parents is the safety of their children.
Главная забота родителей — безопасность их детей.
Additional translations
первоначальныйкнижн./офиц.
первостепенныйкнижн.; о значимости
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.
Synonyms

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.