Definición/Significado de primary

• English - Adjective: primary ( comparative more primary , superlative most primary ) The first in a group or series . Children attend primary school , and teenagers attend secondary school . Bishop Pearson the church of Christ , in its primary institution John Locke These I call original , or primary , qualities of body . Main; principal; placed ahead of others . Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends ,…
• English - Noun: primary ( plural primaries ) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party . The first year of grade school . A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible . The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system . A primary school . 2001 , David Woods , Martyn Cribb , Effective LEAs and school improvement Excellence in…
• English - Verb: primary ( third-person singular simple present primaries , present participle primarying , simple past and past participle primaried ) ( US , intransitive ) To take part in a primary election . ( US , politics ) 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
• English - External links: primary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , G . & C . Merriam, 1913 primary in The Century Dictionary , The Century Co ., New York , 1911
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈpraɪməri/ ( US ) enPR: prīʹmĕr-ē , IPA (key) : /ˈpraɪmɛri/ or enPR: prīʹmə-rē , IPA (key) : /ˈpraɪməri/