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Primary Aim Improve Spoken English Health Care Adjective

Word primary
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈpraɪməri / NAmE / ˈpraɪmeri /
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  • the primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken english.
  • our primary concern must be the children.
  • good health care is of primary importance.
  • primary causes
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primary

(adjective)BrE / ˈpraɪməri / NAmE / ˈpraɪmeri /
  1. main; most important; basic
    • synonym prime
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prime_1
    • The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.
    • Our primary concern must be the children.
    • Good health care is of primary importance.
  2. developing or happening first; earliest
    • primary causes
    • The disease is still in its primary stage.
  3. connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven
    • compare elementary
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/elementary
    • primary teachers

    Extra Examples

    • The primary aim of this class is to improve your spoken English.
    • It is not self-evident what the primary causes of this phenomenon are.
    • The clinic provides primary care for people who have no health insurance.

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Latin primarius, from primus ‘first’. The noun uses date from the 18th cent.
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