PRIMITIVE
\pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv], \pɹˈɪmɪtˌɪv], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of PRIMITIVE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(fine arts) of or created by one without formal training; simple or naive in style; "primitive art such as that by Grandma Moses is often colorful and striking"
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a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
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a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
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(anthropology; of societies) preliterate or tribal or nonindustrial; "primitive societies"
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a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms; "`pick' is the primitive from which `picket' is derived"
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a mathematical expression from which another expression is derived
By Princeton University
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Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first; as, primitive innocence; the primitive church.
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Of or pertaining to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity; as, a primitive style of dress.
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Original; primary; radical; not derived; as, primitive verb in grammar.
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An original or primary word; a word not derived from another; -- opposed to derivative.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to the beginning; original: opposite to derivative; simple or crude; old fashioned.
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A word in its simplest form and not derived from another.
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Primitively.
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Primitiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Primitively.
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Primitiveness.
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Belonging to the beginning, or to the first times: original: ancient: antiquated: old-fashioned: not derived.
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A primitive word, or one not derived from another.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Pertaining to the beginning or origin; original; primary; radical; formal; old-fashioned.
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A word not derived from another. Primitive colours, red, yellow, and blue. Primitive rocks. See Primary.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Of or belonging to remote or early times; ancient; pristine; old-fashioned; denoting that from which others are derived or formed.
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An original word; a word not derived from another.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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