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| acute accent |
a diacritical mark (´), placed over a vowel to indicate length or high pitch, or to indicate primary stress of a syllable. (Cf. grave accent.) |
| auteurism |
a type of film criticism in which the works of a given director, regarded as the primary creator of a film, are examined to reveal nuances of personal style. |
| backbeat |
a primary accent on the second and fourth beats of a four-beat measure, common in popular music; secondary beat. |
| bauxite |
the primary ore of aluminum, containing various impurities. |
| bookstore |
a store in which books are the primary items for sale. |
| brain |
(pl.) the most intelligent person of a group, or the primary strategist or planner of something that requires careful thought. [1/5 definitions] |
| capital1 |
of primary importance. [1/10 definitions] |
| center field |
the position of the player whose primary function is to defend this area of the outfield. [1/2 definitions] |
| center fielder |
in baseball, the player who is stationed in center field when the other team is batting and whose primary function is to defend that territory. |
| closed primary election |
in the United States, a direct primary election in which voters must show evidence of their party affiliation and may vote only for candidates of the same party. |
| commercial |
having profit or wealth as the primary aim. [1/4 definitions] |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. (Cf. denotation.) [1/2 definitions] |
| defensive back |
a player in American football, whose primary role is to deflect or intercept passes. [1/2 definitions] |
| dominant |
primary; main. [1/4 definitions] |
| elementary |
pertaining to primary education. [1/3 definitions] |
| euro |
the primary currency unit of the European Union and the sole currency, in 2022, of nineteen participating member states: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. One euro equals one hundred cents. Some European countries that are not members of the European Union use the euro, and certain other nations are in the process of adopting the euro. [1/2 definitions] |
| first baseman |
in baseball, the player whose position is at first base when the other team is batting and whose primary function is to defend that base. |
| first cause |
a primary or original source, independent of, and not caused by, anything else. [1/2 definitions] |
| first mortgage |
a primary lien against a piece of property that takes precedence in case of default over all other mortgages or liens except those given priority by law, such as real estate taxes. |
| fountainhead |
the origin or primary source of anything. [1/2 definitions] |
| general assembly |
(cap.) the primary deliberative body of the United Nations. [1/3 definitions] |
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