primaries

/P R AY1 M EH0 R IY0 Z/

noun

1
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
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.
6
Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
7
A primary colour.
8
Primary site of disease; original location or source of the disease.
“most common primaries”
9
A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary

verb

1
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, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
2
To take part in a primary election.

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