How do you use Primary in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like original or essential, plus the exact meaning.
Primary meaning
- First or earliest in a group or series.
- Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
- Earliest formed; fundamental.
Synonyms of Primary
Using Primary
- The main meaning on this page is: First or earliest in a group or series. | Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others. | Earliest formed; fundamental.
- Useful related words include: original, essential, principal, main.
- In the example corpus, primary often appears in combinations such as: primary school, the primary, primary and.
Context around Primary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Primary
- In this selection, "primary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, republican, england, endosymbiosis, school, endosymbiosis and schools stand out and add context to how "primary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a party primary is necessary, and cockenzie primary school, republican primary, primary election and primary health. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "primary" sits close to words such as parts, bad and travel, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with primary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Since then, she has been headteacher at Aberlady Primary School, Prestonpans Primary School and Cockenzie Primary School. (17 words)
We wish to point out that Enterprise Primary, Paradise Primary and Enmore Primary will not be closed. (17 words)
The island has two government schools and one church school: Araura Primary school, Vaitau Primary School and Tekaaroa Primary School. (20 words)
Four other ex-governors lost comeback bids: Edward Stokes in a Republican U.S. Senate primary, Harold Hoffman in a GOP gubernatorial primary, Robert Meyner in a general election for governor, and Jim Florio in a Democratic U.S. Senate primary. (41 words)
Schools added into the initiative are St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School, Sandhills Community Primary School, Tyndale Community School, New Hinksey Church of England Primary School in the area and Manor Primary School in Didcot. (39 words)
Democratic turnout was unusually high — at least 1 million Texans voted in the Democratic primary, likely beating the previous midterm primary record set in 2002 — but more than 1.5 million people voted in the Republican primary. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ongoing construction work in Ezoti Primary School, St Paul Primary School, Obaseki Primary School now hosting Ekpenede Primary School, Okai Primary School and Obakhavbaye Primary School, which were relocated.
Ashlands Primary School, Burley Oaks Primary School, Menston Primary School and Silsden Primary School are all set to join the MLT as the founder-member primary schools of the group.
Clubs will also be offered at Much Wenlock Primary School and in Shrewsbury at Greenfields Primary School, Radbrook Primary School and St George’s Junior School, as well as at Pontesbury Primary School.
Schools added into the initiative are St Mary and St John Church of England Primary School, Sandhills Community Primary School, Tyndale Community School, New Hinksey Church of England Primary School in the area and Manor Primary School in Didcot.
Some of the government schools that also made the shortlist are Methodist Primary School, Agboyi; Primary School, Ketu; Oke Ifako Primary School, Gbagada; and Oye Primary School, Mushin, among others.
Primary endosymbiosis Primary endosymbiosis Primary endosymbiosis A eukaryote with mitochondria engulfed a cyanobacterium in an event of serial primary endosymbiosis, creating a lineage of cells with both organelles.
Four other ex-governors lost comeback bids: Edward Stokes in a Republican U.S. Senate primary, Harold Hoffman in a GOP gubernatorial primary, Robert Meyner in a general election for governor, and Jim Florio in a Democratic U.S. Senate primary.
Since then, she has been headteacher at Aberlady Primary School, Prestonpans Primary School and Cockenzie Primary School.
So far, three primary schools – August Town Primary, Mona Heights Primary and Hope Valley Experimental; and three high schools – Papine High, Mona High and Jamaica College, have been targeted to assist them in addressing such issues.
We wish to point out that Enterprise Primary, Paradise Primary and Enmore Primary will not be closed.
In Colorado, registered Democrats voted in the Democratic primary… registered Republicans voted in the Republican primary, and unaffiliated voters could chose to vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary, (but not both.
Other participating schools were the Jana Rabania E/A Primary, Sandu D/A Primary, Nanton D/A Primary ‘A’, Nanton Kurugu D/A JHS, Tampion Junior High, and Nanton Senior/Technical High school.
Pupils at Stane Primary, Dykehead Primary and St Patrick’s Primary can get involved on specific days of the week – on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, respectively.
Winston Park Primary will close early on Tuesday with the Junior Primary closing at 12.15pm and the Senior Primary at 12.30pm.
Notice of Primary: If at the close of filing a party primary is necessary to determine the party nominee (multiple candidates file for a party), a primary will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019.
Democratic turnout was unusually high — at least 1 million Texans voted in the Democratic primary, likely beating the previous midterm primary record set in 2002 — but more than 1.5 million people voted in the Republican primary.
Police are investigating burglaries at Victor Scott Primary School, Paget Primary School and West Pembroke Primary School, and anyone with information is asked to contact them.
Some of the schools visited, which had made good use of the print rich tutorials, were Osino Islamic Primary/KG, Osino Presby Primary/KG, Bosuso D/A and R/C Primary.
Araura Primary is the larger of the primary schools, catering for the mostly populated part of the island and Vaitau Primary caters mostly for the Vaipae and Tautu villages.
The island has two government schools and one church school: Araura Primary school, Vaitau Primary School and Tekaaroa Primary School.
Phrases with primary
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with primary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: