English-Swedish translations for primary

• primär
  När vi talar om arbetsordningen talar vi inte om en primär källa utan om en sekundär.The Rules of Procedure are a secondary rather than a primary point of reference.
  Naturligtvis, fru Harms, kan vi inte ignorera någon primär energikälla.Naturally, Mrs Harms, we cannot ignore any primary energy source.
  För det är faktiskt parlamentets primära uppgift att besluta om lagar.For it really is Parliament' s primary task to decide legislation!
• huvudsaklig
  Timmer används som huvudsaklig energikälla.Timber is utilised as a primary source of energy.
  Jag stöder, liksom Pirkers betänkande, en viss kontrollerad huvudsaklig invandring.I support, as Mr Pirker's report does, a degree of controlled primary immigration.
  De nya medlemsstaterna är fortfarande till stor del beroende av kol som huvudsaklig energikälla.The new Member States still rely, to a high degree, on coal as the main primary energy source.

Definition of primary

• first or earliest in a group or series
• main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others
• Earliest formed; fundamental
• Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur
• A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party
• A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible
• A primary school
• Any flight feather attached to the manus of a bird
• A primary colour
• Primary site of disease; original location or source of the disease
• A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary
• To challenge for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme
• To take part in a primary election

Examples

• Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.
• Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.
• unknown primary
• most common primaries

Related words

• pre-primary
• primary school
• primary colour
• primary stress
• primary sector
• primary production
• primary sources
• primary energy
• primary care