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primary
'primary' - used as an adjective
Synonyms for 'primary'
1. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand
primary goals
a primary effect
primary sources
a primary interest
2. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
a primary instinct
3. most important element
policemen were primary targets
4. of or being the essential or basic part
5. of primary importance

'primary' - used as a noun
6. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
7. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
8. 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
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    The most important and urgent problems of the technology of today are no longer the satisfactions of the primary needs or of archetypal wishes, but the reparation of the evils and damages by the technology of yesterday. - Click here to find out.
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    75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.