primary election

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• Primary election — For other uses, see Primary (disambiguation). Part of the Politics series Elections …   Wikipedia

• primary election — primary (def. 15a). [1785 95] * * * Electoral device for choosing a party s candidates for public office. The formal primary system is peculiar to the U.S., where it came into widespread use in the early 20th century. Most U.S. states use it for… …   Universalium

• primary election — primary e lection n an election in the US at which people vote to decide who will be a party s ↑candidate for a political position in the main election …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• primary election — election to nominate candidates …   English contemporary dictionary

• primary election — noun a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑primary • Hypernyms: ↑election • Hyponyms: ↑direct primary …   Useful english dictionary

• primary election — noun A preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party. Syn: primary …   Wiktionary

• primary election — A nominating device of a political party; the selective mechanism by which the members of a political party express their preference in the selection of the party s candidates for public office. 25 Am J2d Elect § 148. An election conducted as a… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• primary election — noun (C) an election in the US at which members of a political party in one area vote to decide who will be their party s candidate for a political position …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• primary election — See: primary II …   English dictionary

• ˌprimary ˈelection — noun [C] a primary …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• primary election — /praɪmri əˈlɛkʃən/ (say pruymree uh lekshuhn) noun → primary (def. 16b) …