Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: primary election |
2. | primary - one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing Synonyms: primary feather, primary quill | |
3. | primary - coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit; "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil" Synonyms: primary coil, primary winding | |
Adj. | 1. | primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" Antonyms: secondary - of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" |
2. | primary - not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct" | |
3. | primary - most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets" | |
4. | primary - of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing" Synonyms: elementary | |
5. | primary - of primary importance; "basic truths" |
PRIMARY. That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that
evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished
from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot
be had.
2. A primary obligation is one which is the principal object of the
contract; for example, the primary obligation of the seller is to deliver
the thing sold, and to transfer the title to it. It is distinguished from
the accessory or secondary obligation to pay damages for not doing so. 1
Bouv. Inst. n. 702.