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word primary
definition
adjective
You use primary to describe something that is very important.
That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well.
His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.
The family continues to be the primary source of care for people as they grow older.
Primary education is given to pupils between the ages of 5 and 11.
Britain did not introduce compulsory primary education until 1880.
Ninety-nine per cent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers.
...primary teachers.
Primary is used to describe something that occurs first.
It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.
They have been barred from primary bidding for clients.
noun
A primary or a primary election is an election in an American state in which people vote for someone to become a candidate for a political office. Compare general election .
...the 1968 New Hampshire primary.
She won the Democratic primary.
New York holds its primary election on Tuesday.
inflections primaries
cefr-level B1

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