primary
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- noun
- /ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
- US
- Finally, it was time for the crucial Indiana primaries.
- vote in a primary
- hold a primary
- primary elections
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Watch on YouTubeThey 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
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A primary election where voters choose candidates instead of party officials
Compounds
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An early election where party voters choose candidates for the general election
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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 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
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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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Basic health care you get first from a doctor or community clinic for everyday needs
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A long part of a bird's wing at the outer edge that helps the bird fly
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A primary election where voters choose candidates instead of party officials
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A loop of wire where changing electric current makes a magnetic field that creates current in a nearby loop
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A body part you are born with that helps make babies, like genitals or ovaries
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A body part you are born with that is used to make babies, like genitals
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Painful cramps in the lower belly that happen during a normal period
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An election with too many messy candidates that makes it hard to pick one
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The first stage of syphilis when a painless sore appears at the infection site
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A lung infection in children and young adults that causes high fever and cough
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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
One of the three basic paint colours red, blue and yellow used to make other colours
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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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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.