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Synonyms for primaries

noun highest in rank; first in order

Antonyms for primaries

Word Origin & History

early 15c., "of the first order," from Latin primarius "of the first rank, chief, principal, excellent," from primus "first" (see prime (adj.)). Meaning "first in order" is from 1802. Primary color is first recorded 1610s (at first the seven of the spectrum, later the three from which others can be made); primary school is 1802, from French école primaire.

Related: Primarily.

Example Sentences for primaries

This year the men were more willing to have us go to the primaries than we were to go.

This was based upon a simplification of Newtons seven primaries.

You will find that not two per cent of the voters go to the primaries.

From that time on, there were meetings and caucuses and primaries every night.

Each of these is composed of, or can be resolved into, two primaries.

And now here's the primaries coming off and a new Railroad Commission going in.

The fact leads me to suspect that I am wrong, after all in this matter of the primaries.

Orange, green and violet, each a combination of two primaries.

Primaries are conducted similar to elections—about same laws and regulations.

The horizon line of the primaries will be serrated, peaked, and jagged.