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The correct spelling is primary.
How to pronounce primary
/ˈpɹɒeməɹi/
nounIPA: /ˈpɹɒeməɹi/
Say it like: Pri-mar-ee
The correct spelling is primary. A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party. For example: "most common primaries"
Usage Examples
“most common primaries”
“Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.”
“Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
- 2.The first year of grade school.
- 3.A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- 4.The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- 5.A primary school.
verb
- 1.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.
- 2.To take part in a primary election.
adjective
- 1.First or earliest in a group or series.
- 2.Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
- 3.Earliest formed; fundamental.
- 4.Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- 5.Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
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