primary - Meaning in Tamil

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primary - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of primary in English

primary adjective

1. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

   Example

   • "a primary instinct"
2. most important element

   Synonyms

   chief, chief, main, main, master, master, principal

   Examples

   • "a master switch"
   • "policemen were primary targets"
   • "the chief aim of living"
   • "the main doors were of solid glass"
   • "the master bedroom"
   • "the principal example"
   • "the principal rivers of America"
3. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

   Examples

   • "a primary effect"
   • "a primary interest"
   • "primary goals"
   • "primary sources"
4. of or being the essential or basic part

   Synonyms

   basal, elemental, elementary

   Examples

   • "a basal reader"
   • "an elementary need for love and nurturing"

primary noun

1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

   Synonyms

   primary election

2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

   Synonyms

   primary feather, primary quill

3. coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

   Synonyms

   primary coil, primary winding

   Example

   • "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
4. (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

Synonyms of primary

• primary election
• primary feather, primary quill
• primary coil, primary winding
• chief, main, master, principal
• basal, elemental, elementary

Antonyms of primary

secondary

More matches for primary

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