Definition of Primary

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Primary

First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.

First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.

First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.

Earliest formed; fundamental.

Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.

That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.

A primary meeting; a caucus.

One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.

A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.

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Primary Quotations

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
Albert Einstein

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
George Washington

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.
Sigmund Freud

Hitler and Mussolini were only the primary spokesmen for the attitude of domination and craving for power that are in the heart of almost everyone. Until the source is cleared, there will always be confusion and hate, wars and class antagonisms.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
Patrick Henry

Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.
Dave Barry

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.
Denis Waitley

The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only.
Marquis de Sade

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani.
Conan O'Brien

The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
George Santayana

Primary Translations

primary in Dutch is primair
primary in Portuguese is preliminar
primary in Spanish is primario

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