Collocations for "primary"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "primary" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
primary
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- UK: primary [schools, education]
- a primary school [student, monitor, teacher]
- is a [student] in primary school
- is still [in, at] primary school
- [goes to, teaches at] a primary school
- [learn the, paint with, use] primary colors
- a primary [ingredient, constituent, need]
- the primary [source, purpose, aim, focus, goal] (of)
- is the primary cause of [heart disease, poverty, death]
- the primary reason [why, as to, behind, for]
- the primary instincts of [humans, mothers, animals]
- is the primary (emergency) contact [for, in, at]
- vote in the primaries
- is running in the primaries
- [won, lost] the primaries
- a candidate in the primaries
- is [ahead, behind] in the primaries
- the [Wisconsin] primary
- in the presidential primaries
- the [first, next] round of primaries
- [hard-fought, even] primaries
- [painted, colored, decorated] in primaries
'primary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):