primary
2
8.7
- noun
- /ˈpraɪˌmɛri/
- Specialized
:
pluma primaria
- The mistake the others must have made is they took out only the outer fuse, the primary.
- primary and secondary feathers
Examples
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The bird's primary feathers help it gain speed and maneuver in the air.
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The Gift of the Tree. 1992. Alvin Tresselt. Henri Sorenson, Illustrator. Lothrop. 32 pp. (Primary through upper elementary).
Academic text (2001) -
Red's your backup, blue's your primary.
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Teachers can rotate the model to make any element primary.
Academic text (1998) -
"The primary was hit."
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Now, she's 19 and runs a wedding as the primary with rarely a hitch.
Blog text (25) -
Poorer students who worked for their tuition were housed on the third floor with the younger primaries.
Academic text (1991) -
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf. 1991. Lois Ehlert. HBJ. 32 pp. (Primary through lower elementary).
Academic text (2001) -
Strawberry. 1989. Jennifer Coldrey. Silver Burdett. 23 pp. (Primary through lower elementary). Life cycle of the strawberry.
Academic text (2001) -
Jack-in-the-Pulpit. 1994. Jerome Wexler. Dutton. 40 pp. (Primary through upper elementary). Life cycles and biology of this plant.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
1
8.2
Large outer wing feathers that birds use to fly
1
5.2
A long part of a bird's wing at the outer edge that helps the bird fly
1
4.5
A large stiff feather on a bird's wing or tail that helps it fly
A long outer flight feather on a bird's wing that helps it fly
Compounds
14
3.8
A doctor you see first for health problems who gives general care and arranges specialist help
12
3.2
An early election where party voters choose candidates for the general election
- Literature
5
6.4
An early election before the main vote where any registered voter can vote for candidates of only one party
3
3.3
A doctor or nurse you see first for health problems and regular check-ups
- Specialized
2
3.0
Basic health care you get first from a doctor or community clinic for everyday needs
2
7.2
An election to choose a party candidate in which only registered members of the party can vote
- Specialized
1
5.2
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
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
Body parts used for having babies, like genitals, that show if someone is male or female
- Specialized
A body part you are born with that helps make babies, like genitals or ovaries
- Specialized
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
- Specialized
Painful cramps in the lower belly that happen during a normal period
- Specialized
A body part you are born with that is used to make babies, like genitals
- Specialized
A solid metal in which atoms of other elements mix evenly into its structure
- Specialized
One of three colors, magenta, cyan and yellow, used in printing to make many colors by removing light
- Specialized
The first stage of syphilis when a painless sore appears at the infection site
- Specialized
A coil that receives input electricity and causes a changing current in the secondary coil
Surface Forms
Etymology
Primary comes from the Latin root primus which means 'first', and a bird's primary feathers are the main, 'first' flight feathers at the edge of the wing that do most of the flying.