What it means
- (noun) A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
- (noun) The first year of grade school.
- (noun) A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
- (noun) The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
- (noun) A primary school.
- (noun) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
- (noun) A primary colour.
- (noun) Primary site of disease; original location or source of the disease. “most common primaries”
- (noun) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary
- (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.
- (verb) 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.”
Letter analysis
- Primary contains 7 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
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Other 7-letter words
- abalone
- abandon
- abashed
- abashes
- abasing
- abating
- abbrevs
- abdomen
- abducts
- abetted
- abetter
- abettor
- abiding
- ability
- abjured
- abjures
- abolish
- aborted
Words starting with PRI
- price
- priced
- priceless
- prices
- pricey
- pricier
- priciest
- pricing
- prick
- pricked
- pricking
- prickle
- prickled
- prickles
- pricklier
- prickliest
- prickling
- prickly
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Words ending with ARY
Common questions
What does Primary mean?
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
How many letters are in Primary?
Primary has 7 letters.
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