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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. Related Definitions:
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Primary Quotations
The primary factor is proportions. Arne Jacobsen There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them. Denis Waitley All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. Albert Einstein One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion. Eli Whitney 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 |
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Primary Translations
primary in Dutch is primair primary in Portuguese is preliminar primary in Spanish is primario |
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