Number of syllables in the word 'primary'

1. No of syllables in primary : 3
2. Divide syllables in primary : pri-ma-ry

More about the word - primary

1. noun
2. Definition : A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
3. Definition : The first year of grade school.
4. Definition : A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
5. Definition : The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system, such as a planet in relation to its satellites.

1. verb
2. Definition : To challenge (an incumbent sitting politician) 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.
3. Definition : To take part in a primary election.

1. adjective
2. Definition : First or earliest in a group or series.
3. Definition : Main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others.
4. Definition : Earliest formed; fundamental.
5. Definition : Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.

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• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primary