Primary

What “Primary” means

Adj

1. First or earliest in a group or series.
2. Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
3. Earliest formed; fundamental.
4. Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
5. Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.

Noun

1. A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party, or the first round of a two-round election.
2. The first year of grade school.
3. A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
4. The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
5. A primary school.

Verb

1. To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) for their political party's nomination to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
2. To take part in a primary election.

Where the word comes from

Borrowed from Latin prīmārius (“of the first (rank); chief, principal; excellent”), from prīmus (first; whence the English adjective prime) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French primaire, primer, and premier. Doublet of premier.

Business name ideas with “Primary”

Industries where “Primary” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production
• Primary Battery Manufacturing