Primary
/ˈpɹɒeməɹi/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Primary
noun
- 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, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- A primary school.
verb
- 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.
- To take part in a primary election.
adjective
- First or earliest in a group or series.
"Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school."
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
"Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock."
- Earliest formed; fundamental.
- Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
- Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.