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Meanings of Primaries:

noun

(in the us) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

Usage examples:

These two republicans should win their primaries easily

verb

(in the us) run against (the current holder of a political office) in the preliminary election a party uses to select its candidate for the main election.

Usage examples:

I'm not primarying the president, and no one else should either unless we want to lose the white ho…

adjective

Of chief importance; principal.

Usage examples:

The government's primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment

Meanings of Primarily:

adverb

For the most part; mainly.

Usage examples:

Around 80 per cent of personal computers are used primarily for word processing

Meanings of Primariness:

noun

The quality or fact of being primary; primacy.

Meanings of Primary:

adjective

Of chief importance; principal.

Usage examples:

The government's primary aim is to see significant reductions in unemployment

noun

(in the us) a preliminary election to appoint delegates to a party conference or to select the candidates for a principal, especially presidential, election.

Usage examples:

These two republicans should win their primaries easily

verb

Former term for palaeozoic.

Meanings of Primatal:

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of primates (mammals of the order primates).

Meanings of Primate:

noun

The chief bishop or archbishop of a province.

Usage examples:

The primate of poland

Meanings of Primates:

noun

The chief bishop or archbishop of a province.

Usage examples:

The primate of poland

Meanings of Primateship:

noun

The office or position of a primate; spiritual leadership.

Meanings of Primatic:

adjective

= "primatial".

Meanings of Primatologist:

noun

A person who studies primates (= intelligent mammals including apes, monkeys, and humans)

Usage examples:

A lecture on chimps by famed primatologist jane goodall, at one time he wanted to be a primatologist.

Meanings of Primatology:

noun

The branch of zoology that deals with primates.

Usage examples:

It was in this climate that in 1952 kinji imanishi, the father of japanese primatology, wrote a boo…

Meanings of Primavera:

noun

The hard, light-coloured timber of a central american tree.

Usage examples:

Primavera is a large rainforest canopy tree, sometimes reaching to 100 feet in the natural rainfore…

adjective

(of a pasta dish) made with lightly sautéed spring vegetables.

Usage examples:

Linguine primavera

Meanings of Primaveral:

adjective

Of or taking place in (early) spring.

Meanings of Prime:

adjective

Of first importance; main.

Usage examples:

A nurse's prime concern is the well-being of the patient

noun

The state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person's life.

Usage examples:

You're in the prime of life

verb

Make (something) ready for use or action.

Usage examples:

He grabbed a gun from a nearby wall and primed it

Meanings of Prime-in:

idiom

In the best, most successful, most productive stage

Usage examples:

The horse retired from racing while still in his prime., she was in the prime of her working life w…

Meanings of Prime-minister:

noun

The leader of the government in some countries

Meanings of Prime-mover:

noun

Someone who has a lot of influence in starting something important

Usage examples:

He was a prime mover in developing a new style of customer-friendly bookshops in the uk.

Meanings of Prime-of-life:

idiom

In the best, most successful, most productive stage

Usage examples:

The horse retired from racing while still in his prime., she was in the prime of her working life w…

Meanings of Primed:

verb

Make (something) ready for use or action.

Usage examples:

He grabbed a gun from a nearby wall and primed it

adjective

Of first importance; main.

Usage examples:

A nurse's prime concern is the well-being of the patient

noun

The state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person's life.

Usage examples:

You're in the prime of life

Meanings of Primely:

adverb

In the first place, in the highest degree; firstly, primarily, originally.

Meanings of Primer:

noun

A substance used as a preparatory coat on wood, metal, or canvas, especially to prevent the absorption of subsequent layers of paint or the development of rust.

Usage examples:

Apply three coats of primer

Meanings of Primero:

noun

A gambling game, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries, in which each player was dealt four cards from a forty-card pack, and players bet on the combinations of the cards they were dealt. compare prima vista , "prime".

Meanings of Primeros:

noun

A gambling game, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries, in which each player was dealt four cards from a forty-card pack, and players bet on the combinations of the cards they were dealt. compare prima vista , "prime".

Meanings of Primers:

noun

A substance used as a preparatory coat on wood, metal, or canvas, especially to prevent the absorption of subsequent layers of paint or the development of rust.

Usage examples:

Apply three coats of primer

Meanings of Primes:

noun

The state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person's life.

Usage examples:

You're in the prime of life

verb

Make (something) ready for use or action.

Usage examples:

He grabbed a gun from a nearby wall and primed it

adjective

Of first importance; main.

Usage examples:

A nurse's prime concern is the well-being of the patient