primary

hauptsächlich, vorrangig

Wichtiger als alles andere, das dabei eine Rolle spielt.

In einfachem Englisch: More important than anything else involved.

• Safety is our primary concern.
• Her primary reason for moving was work.
• What is the primary purpose of this meeting?

Synonyme: main, chief, principal

Gegenteile: secondary

Häufige Wendungen: primary concern, primary purpose, primary responsibility

primär, anfänglich

An erster Stelle einer Reihe oder in der frühesten Entwicklungsstufe.

In einfachem Englisch: Coming first in a series or at the earliest stage.

• She teaches at a primary school.
• Children receive primary education before secondary education.
• The primary stage of the process takes two days.

Synonyme: first, initial

Häufige Wendungen: primary school, primary education, primary stage

primär, grundlegend

Einfach oder grundlegend, sodass andere Dinge darauf aufgebaut oder daraus entwickelt werden.

In einfachem Englisch: Basic or simple, with other things built or developed from it.

• Red is a primary color in this paint set.
• Mixing primary colors produces other colors.
• The diagram shows the primary elements of the system.

Synonyme: basic, fundamental

Gegenteile: secondary

Häufige Wendungen: primary colors, primary colours, primary elements

primär, ursprünglich

Zuerst entstanden, bevor sich weitere Dinge daraus entwickeln.

In einfachem Englisch: Formed first, before later things develop from it.

• The rock still contains its primary minerals.
• Primary tissues form before later growth begins.
• Scientists examined the plant’s primary structure.

Synonyme: original, initial

Gegenteile: secondary

Häufige Wendungen: primary minerals, primary tissue, primary structure

Vorwahl

Eine Wahl, die den Kandidaten einer Partei bestimmt oder die Kandidatenzahl für eine spätere Wahl verringert.

In einfachem Englisch: An election to choose a party’s candidate for a later election, or to narrow the candidates.

• She won the primary.
• Voters will choose their candidate in Tuesday’s primary.
• Several states hold primaries next month.

Synonyme: primary election

Häufige Wendungen: win a primary, presidential primary, party primary

Grundschule

Eine Schule für jüngere Kinder vor dem Besuch einer weiterführenden Schule.

In einfachem Englisch: A school for young children before they move to secondary school.

• Our village has one primary.
• She teaches at the local primary.
• Both primaries are accepting new pupils.

Synonyme: primary school, elementary school

Häufige Wendungen: local primary, village primary, attend a primary

Primärherd

Die Stelle im Körper, an der eine Krankheit, besonders Krebs, zuerst entstanden ist.

In einfachem Englisch: The place in the body where a disease, especially cancer, first began.

• Doctors could not locate the primary.
• Tests showed that the primary was in the lung.
• The cancer had spread from a small primary.

Synonyme: primary site

Häufige Wendungen: unknown primary, locate the primary, lung primary

erste Klasse

Das erste Schuljahr oder die erste Klasse der Grundschule.

In einfachem Englisch: The first year or class in elementary school.

• The old register lists him in primary.
• Children in primary learned to read simple words.
• She entered primary when she was six.

Synonyme: first grade

Häufige Wendungen: in primary, enter primary