Looking for the meaning or definition of the word primary? Here's what it means.
Adjective
The first in a group or series.
Main; principal; placed ahead of others.
(geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
(chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
(medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.
(medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.
Noun
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
(politics) 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