primary function

collocation in English

meaningsofprimaryandfunction

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primary
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.mər.i/us
/ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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(Definition ofprimaryandfunctionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprimary function

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It was theirprimaryfunction.
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Aprimaryfunctionof architecture is to address the senses.
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Biased conversion as theprimaryfunctionof recombination.
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Theprimaryfunctionof the utterance is as an offer.
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Itsprimaryfunctionis to encapsidate the virus genome for packaging and protection.
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Consider first the evolution of language as a communicative system, certainly itsprimaryfunction.
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To communicate information is generally thought to be theprimaryfunctionof human language.
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Theprimaryfunctionof these accounts was to circumscribe the world of rationality.
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Theprimaryfunctionof empathy is to help individuals form and maintain lasting social bonds.
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Existing records from postbellum volunteer militias attest to theirprimaryfunctionas social, almost 35.
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That is, theprimaryfunctionof the progressive is to indicate ongoingness.
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Theprimaryfunctionof the electro-acoustic music is the reification of space and time.
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Theirprimaryfunctionwas to make feasible the transmission of new technology.
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We will argue that theprimaryfunctionof future is deictic.
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Theprimaryfunctionof the ventral system is the recognition and identification of the visual input.
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Although dream content reflects our everyday concerns, theprimaryfunctionof dreaming, for humans at least, must be neurophysiological.
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As mentioned above, theprimaryfunctionof their exchanges is to inform the audience of the plot of the film.
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Article systems are usually believed to have developed, and that theirprimaryfunctionis, to signal (in)definiteness.
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Also, the intricate carving on the pieces seems out of place had theirprimaryfunctionbeen plumbing.
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Thus, theprimaryfunctionof spalt could be to affect cell-cell adhesion, which, in turn, affects cell localization.
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Aprimaryfunctionof glia in the worm appears to be the support of peripheral sensory structures.
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That is theirprimaryfunction.
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This is itsprimaryfunction.
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