Word Finder - primary

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A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.

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The first year of grade school.

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A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.

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The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.

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A primary school.

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Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.

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A primary colour.

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Primary site of disease; original location or source of the disease.

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most common primaries

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A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary

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To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.

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To take part in a primary election.

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First or earliest in a group or series.

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Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.

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Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.

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Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.

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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.

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Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.

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Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.