primary
/ˈpɹɒeməɹi//ˈpɹaɪməɹi//ˈpɹaɪməɹi/noun
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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, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.
verb
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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, especially one that is more ideologically extreme.
To take part in a primary election.
adjective
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First or earliest in a group or series.
Example: Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.
Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
Example: Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.
Earliest formed; fundamental.
Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.