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								of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand primary goals
 a primary effect
 primary sources
 a primary interest
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								not derived from or reducible to something else; basic
 a primary instinct
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								most important element
 policemen were primary targets
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								of or being the essential or basic part
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								of primary importance
 
 'primary' - used as a noun
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								a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
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								one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
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								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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