Meaning of primary In English

• 0 more important than anything else; main:

  • The Red Cross's primary concern is to preserve and protect human life.

  • The primary responsibility lies with those who break the law.

• 1 of or for the teaching of young children, especially those between five and eleven years old:

  • primary education

  • a primary school

• 2 happening first:

  • the primary stages of development

• 3 in the US, an election in which people choose who will represent a particular party in an election for political office

  • In an open primary, Democrats still usually choose a ballot listing the Democratic candidates rather than the Republican ones

• 4 more important than anything else; main:

  • The primary goal of the space flight was to recover a satellite.

• 5 relating to the first part of a child’s education:

  • the primary grades

• 6 happening first:

  • the primary stages of development

• 7 an election in which people who belong to a political party choose who will represent that party in an election for political office

• 8 more important than anything else:

  • primary concern/consideration/focus When oil prices started to rise sharply, the primary concern of financial markets was the possibility of inflation.

  • Newspapers have been the primary source of news for many people for many years.

  • The CEO has primary responsibility for making day-to-day investment decisions for each fund.

  • primary goal/objective/purpose

• 9 used to describe shares, bonds, etc. at the time they are first made available, rather than when they are traded later:

  • A combination of factors point to a rise in primary trading that will provide lucrative opportunities for new bond dealers.