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Another word for primary

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Adjective

  1. Most important, influential, or significant

    See also:

    important

  2. Preceding all others in time

    See also:

    start

  3. Not derived from something else

    See also:

    start

  4. Arising from or going to the root or source

    See also:

    surface

  5. Marked by the absence of any intervention

    See also:

    near

    clear

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Another word for primary

Modifier

  1. Earliest

    See also:

    original

  2. Fundamental

    See also:

    fundamental

  3. Principal

    See also:

    principal

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Sentence Examples

  • Support was heavy for the school's primary sport.

  • You guys are his primary target and don't ever forget it for a minute.

  • "August is only the primary," Dean answered, but they both knew in the near one-party County of Ouray, that was tantamount to the final election.

  • Citizens in these countries are grateful for any job that pays anything at all, and their primary concern is simply survival.

  • His principal characteristic was perfect confidence in any result obtained by the treatment of symbols in accordance with their primary laws and conditions, and an almost unrivalled skill and power in tracing out these results.

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