Meaning Of Primary

a.

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

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

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

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Earliest formed; fundamental.

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

n.

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

n.

A primary meeting; a caucus.

n.

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

n.

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