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{
"term": "primary",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven",
"labels": "(especially British English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "primary teachers"
},
{
"text": "primary education"
}
],
"topics": ["Education"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "main; most important; basic",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "our **primary objective/goal/purpose**"
},
{
"text": "The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English."
},
{
"text": "Our **primary concern** must be the children."
},
{
"text": "Good healthcare is of primary importance."
},
{
"text": "The film's **primary focus** is on two families."
},
{
"text": "What is the **primary reason** for global warming?"
}
],
"synonyms": "prime"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "developing or happening first; earliest",
"labels": "(formal or specialist)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Researchers are conducting studies to determine the primary causes of this phenomenon."
},
{
"text": "The disease is still in its primary stage."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpraɪməri/",
"audio": "pr/primary/primary__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpraɪmeri/",
"audio": "pr/primary/primary__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘original, not derivative’): from Latin primarius, from primus ‘first’. The noun uses date from the 18th cent."
}