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- Dictionaryprimary/ˈprʌɪm(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. of chief importance; principal: "the government's primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment" Similar Opposite
- 2. earliest in time or order: "the primary stage of their political education" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. (in the US) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election: "these two Republicans should win their primaries easily"
- 2. a primary colour.
verb
- 1. (in the US) run against (the current holder of a political office) in the preliminary election a party uses to select its candidate for the main election: "I'm not primarying the president, and no one else should either unless we want to lose the White House"
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