- primary source
- .primary 'sourcena document, book etc that contains information that has been obtained by people's experiences and not taken from other documents, books etc
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
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Primary source — [ [http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/primary sources.html Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources, UM Libraries] ] [ [http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml JCU Primary, Secondary Tertiary Sources] ] is a term used in a number of… … Wikipedia
primary source — ˈprimary source f125 [primary source] noun a document, etc. that contains information obtained by research or observation, not taken from other books, etc. compare ↑secondary source … Useful english dictionary
primary source — noun A historical document that was created at or near the time of the events studied, by a known person, for a known purpose See Also: secondary source … Wiktionary
Source — may refer to:Film and television* The Source (documentary) , a 1999 documentary movie about the Beat generation * The Source (film) , a 2002 science fiction movie, also known as The Secret Craft in the UK and The Surge for its American DVD… … Wikipedia
primary — pri‧ma‧ry [ˈpraɪmri ǁ meri] adjective 1. main or most important: • Its primary business is developing and marketing new software. • The primary problem for the airlines is the recession. • It uses coal as its primary source of fuel. 2 … Financial and business terms
primary — [prī′mer΄ē, prī′mə rē] adj. [ME prymary < L primarius < primus, first: see PRIME] 1. first in time or order of development; primitive; original; earliest 2. from which others are derived; fundamental; elemental; basic 3. designating colors… … English World dictionary
Source text — A source text [ [http://www.lib.umd.edu/guides/primary sources.html Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources, UM Libraries] ] [ [http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/LibraryGuides/primsrcs.shtml JCU Primary, Secondary Tertiary Sources] ] is a text… … Wikipedia
Source criticism — This entry is about source evaluation (or information evaluation) in an interdisciplinary context and thus not limited to some discipline specific understanding of the term source criticism . A source (an information source) may be a document, a… … Wikipedia
Primary — The word Primary when used alone may refer to:* Primary (band), from Australia * primary circuit, electrical circuit in a Transformer that receives current, as opposed to secondary circuit * Primary (film), 1960 documentary * Primary (LDS Church) … Wikipedia
primary — [[t]pra͟ɪməri, AM meri[/t]] ♦♦♦ primaries 1) ADJ: ADJ n You use primary to describe something that is very important. [FORMAL] That s the primary reason the company s share price has held up so well... I don t think young people s primary aim in… … English dictionary
