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1.nounA primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
2.nounThe first year of grade school.
3.nounA base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
4.nounThe most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
5.nounA primary school.
6.nounAny flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
7.nounA primary colour.
8.nounPrimary site of disease; original location or source of the disease."most common primaries"
9.nounA directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary
10.verbTo challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
11.verbTo take part in a primary election.
12.adjectiveFirst or earliest in a group or series."Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school."
13.adjectiveMain; principal; chief; placed ahead of others."Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock."
14.adjectiveEarliest formed; fundamental.
15.adjectiveIllustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
16.adjectiveRelating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
17.adjectiveRelating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.