The primary aim of science is to find truth, new truth.
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Primary
/ˈpɹaɪˌmɛɹi/
Synonyms for "primary" (449 found)
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Closest matches (90)
ab ovoabecedarianaboriginalall-absorbingantenatalanteriorarchaustereautochthonousbannerbarebasalbasicbasilarbeginningbottombuddingby-electioncapitalcardinal
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caucuscentralchampionchastechiefchromatic circlechromatic spectrumchromaticity diagramclosed primarycolor circlecolor cyclecolor indexcolor mixture curvecolor solidcolor spectrumcolor systemcolor trianglecomplementary colorcongressional electionconstituentconstitutivecontested electioncontrolling
Noun(24 words)
alphaattendingbase a lessonbase colorbase formsbase unit systembaseline classifierbasic cognitive skillbeginner portuguese vocabularycandidate selectioncardinal numbercentralcentral governmentscentral hubcentral purposechiefchief aimchief characteristiccorecore curriculum
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core historical conceptcore life science conceptcore materialcore point
Adjective(23 words)
basalbase conceptbasic levelbasic life formbasic operationbasic principlebasic scientific conceptbasic skillbasic teaching conceptcapital a'scardinal determinercentral attractioncentral channelcentral ecological rolecentral issuecentral motifcentral valuechiefchosen field of studycore component
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core curriculum areacore learning importancecore module
Strong matches (135)
Noun(25 words)
core school subjectscore subjectearlyelementary schoolelementary science courseessential colorfirstfirst coursefirst language instructionfirst language learnerfirst tierfirstbornfocus starforegroundfoundational conceptfoundingfront page featurefundamental colorfundamental forcegoverning body
creationcreativecrowningcrucialdemitintdirectdirect primarydominantearliestelectionelementalelementaryembryonicessentialfetalfirstfirsthandfocalforeforehand
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foremostformativeforwardfoundationfoundationalfrontfrontalfull colorfundamentalfundamental colorsgeneral electiongenerativegeneticgerminalgestatorygreatguthalf tinthalftoneheadheadmosthegemonichighesthomelyhomespunhomogeneoushue cycleimmediatein embryoin its infancyin ovoin the budinauguralinceptiveinchoateinchoativeincipientincunabularindivisibleinfantinfantileinitialinitiativeinitiatoryintroductoryinventiveirreducible
Adjective(37 words)
crucial factordeciduousdominant authoritydominant factordominant signaldominant traitdominant trenddriving factorearliest dateelementalelemental featureselementaryelementary layerelementary science courseselementary studentelementary unitessential partessential questionsessential service provisionfirst law
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first line therapyfirst movementfirst positionfirst rankfirsthand accountfoundational theoriesfundamental ecological principlesfundamental physical lawfundamental physics conceptsgoverning authority guidelinesgreatest partgreatest portionhighest animal labelimportant ideainitial treatmentintroductory sessionkey argument
Determiner(4 words)
das erste wortfirst language learningfirst language writing assignmentfirst treatment
Adverb(1 words)
electromagnetically dominant
Verb(1 words)
keep original time
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Noun(48 words)
key featurelead idealeading digitmainmain drivermain featuremain headingmain ideamain pointmainlinemajmajormajor field of studymajor requirementsmost basic quantitymost singletonnomination contestopeningopening actoriginal text
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overall ruleparty electionprimary coilprimary electionprimary featherprimary goalprimary quillprimary schoolprimary windingprime odd numberprime pm's officeprimesprimoprincipalprincipal causeprincipal inner officepriority concernspriority factorroman numeral oneromanian capitalăsource comparison taskstaplestartertonictoptop level domaintop resulttop total grade
Adjective(49 words)
key scenekey tenetlargest partleading itemleading sourcemainmain academic subjectmain argumentmain armymain coursemain gathering areasmain pointsmain programmain subjectmain subjectsmain systemmain thememain thrustmajor cnidarian groupsmajor field
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major organ systemmajor political changemajor reformsmajor releasemajor sectormajor updatemajor-relatedmasteroriginal accountoriginal dataoriginal musical pieceoriginal versionpredominant influenceprimprimary indexprime categoryprime-relatedprimitive operationprimusprincipalprincipal agentprototypicalradical ideasimple activitysimple vocabularystandard taskstarting materialstarting valuetop number
leadingmagisterialmaidenmainmajormandatory primarymastermaterialmaxwell trianglemeremetamermonochromemonolithicmunsell scalenascentnatalnewnonpartisan primaryof a pieceof the essence
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open primaryoptional primaryorganicoriginaloverridingoverrulingparamountpartisan electionparturientpioneerplainpostnatalpredominantpreeminentpreference primarypregnantpremierprenatalpreparatorypreponderantpresidential electionpresidential preference primarypresidential primaryprevailingprimalprimary colorprimary electionprimeprimevalprimitiveprimogenialprimordialprincipalpristineprocreativeprotogenicprototypalpurepure and simplepure colorradicalrankingreferendumrudimentalrudimentaryrulingrunoffrunoff electionrunoff primarysalientsecondarysecondary colorseminalseveresimon puresimon-puresimplesinglesolar spectrumsovereignsparespecialspectral colorspectrumspectrum colorstaplestarstarkstellarsubstantialsubstantivesupereminentsuperiorsupremetertiarytertiary colortopflighttopmostultimateunadornedunadulterateduncluttereduncopiedunderivedunderlyingundifferencedundifferentiatedunduplicatedunexampleduniformunimitatedunmixedunprecedentedunreproduceduppermostur
Adverb(3 words)
more mainmost major partymost rental
Determiner(5 words)
most animalmost area codemost art movementmost evident factormost key-point
Preposition(1 words)
of prime importance
Verb(2 words)
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8 entriesprimary careprimary colorprimary electionprimary goalprimary gradeprimary objectiveprimary schoolprimary source
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14 entriesSample sentences
35 total sentences available.
It would be very convenient if English were to become everybody's primary language.
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Where to go and what to see were my primary concerns.
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This problem is too difficult for primary school children to solve.
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