primary

adj. first, original; primeval, initial; principal, main, prime; basic, fundamental

n. preliminary election in which party candidates and leaders are chosen

The word Primary when used alone may refer to:Primary (band), from Australiaprimary circuit, electrical circuit in a Transformer that receives current, as opposed to secondary circuitPrimary (film), 1960 documentaryPrimary (LDS Church), children's Sunday School organization"Primary" (song), by The CurePrimary education, the first stage of compulsory educationPrimary Election, Type of electionPrimary Flight Training, in the U.S. NavyPrimary FRCA, academic examination for anaesthetists in the U.K.Primary ideals, a concept in commutative algebraPrimary Music, Israeli record labelPrimary school, a school providing primary educationPrimary, the oldest period in the Geologic time scale"Primary", a song by Spoon from the album TelephonoPrimaries, remiges (wing feathers) in birdsPrimaries or primary beams, in E. E. Smith's science-fiction series Lensman
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Noun
1. a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
(synonym) primary election
(hypernym) election
(hyponym) direct primary
2. one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
(synonym) primary feather, primary quill
(hypernym) flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather
3. 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"
(synonym) primary coil, primary winding
(hypernym) coil
(part-holonym) transformer
Adjective
1. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"
(antonym) secondary
(similar) capital
(see-also) essential
2. not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
(similar) underived
3. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"
(synonym) chief(a), main(a), primary(a), principal(a)
(similar) important, of import
4. of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"
(synonym) elementary
(similar) basic
5. of primary importance; "basic truths"
(synonym) basal, basic
(similar) essential

(n.)
That which stands first in order, rank, or importance; a chief matter.
  

(n.)
One of the large feathers on the distal joint of a bird's wing. See Plumage, and Illust. of Bird.
  

(n.)
A primary planet; the brighter component of a double star. See under Planet.
  

(n.)
A primary meeting; a caucus.
  

(a.)
Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
  

(a.)
First in order, as being preparatory to something higher; as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
  

(a.)
First in order of time or development or in intention; primitive; fundamental; original.
  

(a.)
First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as, primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
  

(a.)
Earliest formed; fundamental.
  

BENEFICIARY, PRIMARY - A will maker's first choice to receive a bequest, or a person's first choice of who should receive the proceeds from a life insurance policy.