primary

IPA(Pronunciation)

Adjective

Japanese Meaning

最初の — 集合や系列の中で一番初めのもの / 主要な — 最も重要で中心的なもの / 原始の — 地質学的に最初に形成された、基本的なもの

The primary goal of the project is to improve water quality in the river.

そのプロジェクトの主な目標は川の水質を改善することです。

Sense（1）

first or earliest in a group or series.

Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.

Sense（2）

main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.

Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.

Sense（3）

(geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.

Sense（4）

Sense（5）

(medicine) Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur.

Sense（6）

(medicine) Relating to day-to-day care provided by health professionals such as nurses, general practitioners, dentists etc.

more primary

（ comparative ）

most primary

（ superlative ）