primary
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- noun
- /ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
- US
:
primaria
- Finally, it was time for the crucial Indiana primaries.
- vote in a primary
- hold a primary
- primary elections
They went through the primary, they chose their guy.
- They went through the primary, they chose their guy.
- They didn't run a real primary camp series of primaries.
- It's, that's the primary, the primary result is holding people accountable, right?
Examples
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CBS News has projected Senator Robert Kennedy the winner of the crucial California primary.
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Brown beat Fortune in the 2010 Democratic primary with 80 percent of the vote.
Academic text (2011) -
It's one thing to sit out the primary.
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And I think that some Democratic primary voters are still kind of stuck.
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Welcome to the first Republican primary debate.
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If you want to vote in the Republican primary.
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He actually voted in the last primary election.
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She left the race before she even got to Iowa, the first primary state, as you know.
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In the Democratic presidential primaries, the candidates who peddled protectionism did surprisingly poorly.
Academic text (1994) -
In the upcoming primary, voters will choose their candidates for the general election.
Synonyms
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An early election where party voters choose candidates for the general election
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An early election before the main vote where any registered voter can vote for candidates of only one party
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An election to choose a party candidate in which only registered members of the party can vote
A primary election where voters choose candidates instead of party officials
Compounds
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A doctor you see first for health problems who gives general care and arranges specialist help
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An early election where party voters choose candidates for the general election
- Literature
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An early election before the main vote where any registered voter can vote for candidates of only one party
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A doctor or nurse you see first for health problems and regular check-ups
- Specialized
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Basic health care you get first from a doctor or community clinic for everyday needs
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An election to choose a party candidate in which only registered members of the party can vote
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A long part of a bird's wing at the outer edge that helps the bird fly
- Offensive
An election with too many messy candidates that makes it hard to pick one
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A lung infection in children and young adults that causes high fever and cough
- Jargon
Military officers check soldiers' personal letters and messages for secret information
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Body parts used for having babies, like genitals, that show if someone is male or female
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A body part you are born with that helps make babies, like genitals or ovaries
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A loop of wire where changing electric current makes a magnetic field that creates current in a nearby loop
One of the three basic paint colours red, blue and yellow used to make other colours
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Painful cramps in the lower belly that happen during a normal period
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A body part you are born with that is used to make babies, like genitals
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A solid metal in which atoms of other elements mix evenly into its structure
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One of three colors, magenta, cyan and yellow, used in printing to make many colors by removing light
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The first stage of syphilis when a painless sore appears at the infection site
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A coil that receives input electricity and causes a changing current in the secondary coil
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Etymology
Primary comes from the Latin primus meaning 'first', and a primary election is the 'first' vote that chooses a party's candidate or delegates for the main election.