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Primary is a related term of inaugural.


As adjectives the difference between primary and inaugural

is that primary is the first in a group or series while inaugural is of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.

As nouns the difference between primary and inaugural

is that primary is a primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party while inaugural is an inauguration; a formal beginning.

As a verb primary

is (us|intransitive) to take part in a primary election.

primary

English

(wikipedia primary)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • The first in a group or series.
    • Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.
  • * Bishop Pearson
    • the church of Christ, in its primary institution
  • * John Locke
    • These I call original, or primary , qualities of body.
  • Main; principal; placed ahead of others.
    • Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.
  • (geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
  • (chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
  • (label) idiopathic

    • Derived terms

    * primarily * primary care * primary color, primary colour * primary producer * primary research * primary school * primary source

    See also

    * first * primus inter pares * secondary (2) * tertiary (3) * quaternary (4)

    Noun

    (primaries)
  • A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
  • The first year of grade school.
  • A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
  • The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
  • A primary school.
  • * 2001 , David Woods, Martyn Cribb, Effective LEAs and school improvement
    • Excellence in Cities offers a further development of this approach, whereby secondary schools operate with small clusters of primaries as mini-EAZs.
  • (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
  • A primary colour.
  • * 2003 , Julie A Jacko, Andrew Sears, The human-computer interaction handbook
    • By adding and subtracting the three primaries , cyan, yellow, and magenta are produced. These are called subtractive primaries.
  • (electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary

    • Verb

  • (US) To take part in a primary election.
  • (US, politics) 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

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    inaugural

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
  • * 2008 August 21, (Cape Times) , p. 21:
    • The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott on Wednesday at 8pm.
  • * '>citation
  • Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
    • 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An inauguration; a formal beginning.
    • The inaugural of the President will take place in March.
  • A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
  • * In his inaugural , President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'. ABC News' Teddy Davis on March 13, 2009.