{
    "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."
}