primary

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pri·mary AW [primary primaries] adjective, noun BrE [ˈpraɪməri] NAmE [ˈpraɪmeri]
adjective
1. usually before noun main; most important; basic
Syn: ↑prime
• The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English.
• Our primary concern must be the children.
•Good health care is of primary importance.
2. usually before noun (formal or technical)developing or happening first; earliest
•primary causes
• The disease is still in its primary stage.
3. only before noun (especially BrE)connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven
•primary teachers
compare ↑elementary, ↑secondary, ↑tertiary

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Latin primarius, from primus ‘first’. The noun uses date from the 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•The primary aim of this class is to improve your spoken English.
•It is not self-evident what the primary causes of this phenomenon are.
•The clinic provides primary care for people who have no health insurance.

 
noun (pl. pri·maries) (also ˌprimary eˈlection)
(in the US) an election in which people in a particular area vote to choose a candidate for a future important election
•the Illinois primary
•the presidential primaries

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Latin primarius, from primus ‘first’. The noun uses date from the 18th cent.

Example Bank:
•He ran in the open primary for election as a state senator.
•the next round of primaries

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  basal, elementary, elemental, chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a), master(a), primary coil, primary winding, primary feather, primary quill, primary election