primary component

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandcomponent

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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component
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/us
/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
a part that combines with other parts to form ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandcomponentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary component

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Despite the changes which have taken place, the homestead has remained theprimarycomponentof economic co-operation.
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Indeed, the audience's awareness of the intense process of creating the plays is aprimarycomponentof the evening's appeal.
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Ximelagatran acts by binding directly to free and clot-bound thrombin, thereby preventing the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, theprimarycomponentof blood clots (28).
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An extended harvest period ensures a source of food and income throughout the year, making it aprimarycomponentof food security of the region.
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Language is aprimarycomponentof national or cultural identity in the modern world and can provoke an extraordinary amount of passion.
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In an artisanal setting, this will usually correspond to a labor market, as this is theprimarycomponentof effort.
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Group family interventions were defined as those where theprimarycomponentof the treatment was a regular group session including more than one family.
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It ought to be theprimarycomponent.
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The backup is there solely to provide redundancy in case of unforeseen failure, not to replace theprimarycomponent.
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Theprimarycomponentof tape upon which an adhesive is applied.
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Theprimarycomponenthas a diameter of 600 m and a rotation speed of less than 3 hours.
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Fish are theprimarycomponentof the river otter's diet throughout the year.
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While fire is aprimarycomponentof many art exhibits and events, materials must be burned on a burn platform.
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Phosphate is aprimarycomponentin the chemical fertilizer applied most commonly in modern agricultural production.
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Theprimarycomponentof water gels is monomethylamine nitrate.
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We can think of oneprimarycomponentof neglect as involving inattention and that extinction is by no means the whole story for neglect.
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In fact, benzaldehyde is theprimarycomponentof bitter almond oil and can be extracted from a number of other natural sources.
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