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Inflections of 'primary' (n): npl: primaries

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Sense: Adjective: principal

Synonyms:

principal , chief , main , top , leading , first , foremost , first and foremost, number one, predominant, preeminent, biggest, greatest , highest, supreme, central , key

Sense: Adjective: original

Synonyms:

original , initial , first , earliest, beginning , primal, early

Sense: Adjective: fundamental

Synonyms:

fundamental , basic , base , underlying , bottom

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