primary


Meanings

  • a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
  • one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
  • (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
  • coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit;
    • "current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil"
  • of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary;
    • "primary goals"
    • "a primary effect"
    • "primary sources"
    • "a primary interest"
  • not derived from or reducible to something else; basic;
    • "a primary instinct"
  • most important element;
    • "policemen were primary targets"
  • of or being the essential or basic part;
  • of primary importance
  • PRIMARY n pl. -RIES a preliminary election


Scrabble Score: 14

primary is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

primary is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

primary is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

primary is a valid Words With Friends word