Meaning & use
primary
Coming first in order, time, or importance; main or fundamental.
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Her primary goal this year is to finish her thesis before the funding runs out.
Clean water remains the primary need for communities recovering from the flood.
A note on using this word
Primary emphasizes rank or sequence among several things, and is common in academic and formal writing, unlike the more casual 'main.'
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