Primate is an English word with synonyms like archpriest or hierarch. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Primate meaning
- A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
- A simian anthropoid; an ape (including human) or monkey.
Synonyms of Primate
Using Primate
- The main meaning on this page is: A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos. | A simian anthropoid; an ape (including human) or monkey.
- Useful related words include: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, prelate.
- In the example corpus, primate often appears in combinations such as: the primate, primate species, primate of.
Context around Primate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Primate
- In this selection, "primate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nicholls, nigeria, facto, research, ayodele and emeritus stand out and add context to how "primate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 60 of primate species threatened and a large primate after several. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "primate" sits close to words such as bawumia, briefs and brigham, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with primate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For instance, our primate relative the Rhesus macaque shows seasonal declines in mood. (13 words)
Later it was the National Primate Research Center, currently the Institute of Primate Research, now in Nairobi. (17 words)
A reconstruction of Plesiadapis churchilli, an archaic primate believed to be related to the two recently discovered. (17 words)
Using again the example of Linnaean taxonomy, it can be seen that an object that is part of the level Mammalia "is a" member of the level Animalia; more specifically, a human "is a" primate, a primate "is a" mammal, and so on. (43 words)
Functions can sometimes be exercised in practice ( de facto ), as by a de facto government, without having been granted by law; but since "primate" is today a title, not a function, there is no such thing as a "de facto" primate. (41 words)
The political area over which primacy was originally granted may no longer exist: for example, the Archbishop of Toledo was designated "Primate of the Visigothic Kingdom ", and the Archbishop of Lyon is the "Primate of the Gauls ". (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
In 2023, Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, announced the formation of a primate’s commission to evaluate current church structures and suggest possible alternatives.
The source added that the meeting was attended by Primate Emeritus of Methodist Church of Nigeria, Primate Sunday Ola Makinde; some Mogajis (family heads) and other prominent indigenes of Ibadan.
Functions can sometimes be exercised in practice ( de facto ), as by a de facto government, without having been granted by law; but since "primate" is today a title, not a function, there is no such thing as a "de facto" primate.
Later it was the National Primate Research Center, currently the Institute of Primate Research, now in Nairobi.
The political area over which primacy was originally granted may no longer exist: for example, the Archbishop of Toledo was designated "Primate of the Visigothic Kingdom ", and the Archbishop of Lyon is the "Primate of the Gauls ".
Using again the example of Linnaean taxonomy, it can be seen that an object that is part of the level Mammalia "is a" member of the level Animalia; more specifically, a human "is a" primate, a primate "is a" mammal, and so on.
Additionally, the lemurs were treated to pies made of a primate biscuit crust and filled with mashed sweet potatoes garnished with almonds and puffed rice cereal.
And we've got some pretty cool nonhuman primate data that suggests a way to solve that problem.
Apart from Primate Ayodele, there was another man of God based in South Africa, Prophet Samuel Akinbodunse who spoke about the presidential election.
A reconstruction of Plesiadapis churchilli, an archaic primate believed to be related to the two recently discovered.
Bring your little monkeys along to meet their primate cousins at Monkey World - Ape Rescue Centre this summer.
Factors such as habitat loss, hunting and the exotic pet trade have imperilled the South American apes, making Taronga's breeding program all the more vital, primate keeper Sasha Brook said.
For instance, our primate relative the Rhesus macaque shows seasonal declines in mood.
He arranged with the Primate Center of Rio de Janeiro to begin trials of different doses of yellow fever vaccines on about 60 monkeys, close relatives of the tamarins, in January 2018.
Human-related threats such as habitat destruction, climate change and hunting have left about 60% of primate species threatened with extinction and about 75% with declining populations.
In June 2005, Elgin police searched the woods on the city's southwest side for a large primate after several unrelated people reported seeing a 4-foot-tall animal.
In the statement, Primate Ayodele stated that the country will not survive without borrowing money and it will lead to the incapacity of so many states.
Offering prayerful condolences on the death of the Pope Emeritus, Archbishop Martin, Primate of All Ireland, spoke of Benedict's interest in Ireland.
The feisty African primate said there can be no negotiations or back-tracking on what God has done, or about the teaching, the ministry, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The idea of the pilgrimage dates back to the Anglican Church of Canada’s 2019 General Synod which Archbishop Suheil Dawani, then primate of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, attended as a guest.
Common combinations with primate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the primate 19×
- primate species 11×
- primate of 10×
- of primate 8×
- primate ayodele 8×
- primate is 6×
- primate research 6×
- national primate 5×
- nonhuman primate 4×
- and primate 4×