primary

principale

Più importante di tutti gli altri elementi coinvolti.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: main, chief, principal

Contrari: secondary

Espressioni comuni: primary concern, primary purpose, primary responsibility

primario, iniziale

Che viene per primo in una serie o si trova nella fase iniziale.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: first, initial

Espressioni comuni: primary school, primary education, primary stage

primario, fondamentale

Semplice o essenziale, da cui si costruiscono o si sviluppano altre cose.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: basic, fundamental

Contrari: secondary

Espressioni comuni: primary colors, primary colours, primary elements

primario, originario

Che si forma per primo, prima che altre cose si sviluppino da esso.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: original, initial

Contrari: secondary

Espressioni comuni: primary minerals, primary tissue, primary structure

primarie

Elezione per scegliere il candidato di un partito o ridurre il numero di candidati prima di un’altra elezione.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: primary election

Espressioni comuni: win a primary, presidential primary, party primary

scuola primaria, scuola elementare

Scuola per bambini che precede la scuola secondaria.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: primary school, elementary school

Espressioni comuni: local primary, village primary, attend a primary

sede primaria

Punto del corpo in cui una malattia, soprattutto un tumore, ha avuto inizio.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: primary site

Espressioni comuni: unknown primary, locate the primary, lung primary

prima elementare

Primo anno o prima classe della scuola elementare.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: first grade

Espressioni comuni: in primary, enter primary