Primary
Primary adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Usage example: a few minutes of primary instruction in the use of our diving gear before we actually got into the water
Prefatory and primary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prefatory" instead an adjective "Primary".
Prefatory
Prefatory adjective - Coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what follows.
Usage example: in prefatory remarks he offered his own definition of “civilization”, a word subject to a variety of interpretations
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Related pairs
- first and primary
- first and prefatory
- original and primary
- original and prefatory
- initial and primary
- initial and prefatory
- preliminary and primary
- preliminary and prefatory
- opening and primary
- opening and prefatory
- primitive and primary
- primitive and prefatory
- essential and primary
- essential and prefatory
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