primary /'praimәri/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen
- (n.) one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing
- (n.) (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it
Chinese translation
- n. 最主要者, 原色
- a. 主要的, 初期的, 根本的, 原始的, 首要的, 基本的
- [计] 初等量; 主要的; 一次的
Word details
- Part of speech
- adjective / noun
- Pronunciation
- /'praimәri/
- Syllables
- 3
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.88 · Common
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Related words
prime · primarily · primitive · primal · primate · primordial
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