"primary election" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: primary elections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} primary election (plural primary elections)
  1. (politics) A preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party. Wikipedia link: primary election Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: primary Translations (preliminary election to select a candidate): փրայմերիզ (pʻraymeriz) (Armenian), 初選 (Chinese Mandarin), 初选 (chūxuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), opstillingsmøde [neuter] (Danish), primærvalg (note: in the US) [neuter] (Danish), voorverkiezing [feminine] (Dutch), esivaali (Finnish), პრაიმერი (ṗraimeri) (Georgian), წინასწარი არჩევნები (c̣inasc̣ari arčevnebi) (Georgian), წინასწარი კენჭისყრა (c̣inasc̣ari ḳenč̣isq̇ra) (Georgian), შიდაპარტიული არჩევნები (šidaṗarṭiuli arčevnebi) (Georgian), Vorwahl [feminine] (German), előválasztás (Hungarian), prófkjör [neuter] (Icelandic), نخستین (Persian), prawybory [nonvirile] (Polish), пра́ймериз (prájmɛriz) [masculine, plural] (Russian), предварительные выборы (predvaritelʹnyje vybory) (Russian), внутрипартийные выборы (vnutripartijnyje vybory) (Russian), primarias [feminine, plural] (Spanish), elecciones primarias (Spanish)

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          "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
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          "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
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      "word": "წინასწარი კენჭისყრა"
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      "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
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      "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
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      "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
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      "word": "prófkjör"
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      "sense": "preliminary election to select a candidate",
      "word": "نخستین"
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