primary function

collocation in English

meanings of primaryand function

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primary
adjective
uk /ˈpraɪ.mər.i/ us /ˈpraɪ.mer.i/
more important than anything ...
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function
noun
uk /ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/ us /ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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Examples of primary function

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It was their primaryfunction.
A primaryfunction of architecture is to address the senses.
Biased conversion as the primaryfunction of recombination.
The primaryfunction of the utterance is as an offer.
Its primaryfunction is to encapsidate the virus genome for packaging and protection.
Consider first the evolution of language as a communicative system, certainly its primaryfunction.
To communicate information is generally thought to be the primaryfunction of human language.
The primaryfunction of these accounts was to circumscribe the world of rationality.
The primaryfunction of empathy is to help individuals form and maintain lasting social bonds.
Existing records from postbellum volunteer militias attest to their primaryfunction as social, almost 35.
That is, the primaryfunction of the progressive is to indicate ongoingness.
The primaryfunction of the electro-acoustic music is the reification of space and time.
Their primaryfunction was to make feasible the transmission of new technology.
We will argue that the primaryfunction of future is deictic.
The primaryfunction of the ventral system is the recognition and identification of the visual input.
Although dream content reflects our everyday concerns, the primaryfunction of dreaming, for humans at least, must be neurophysiological.
As mentioned above, the primaryfunction of their exchanges is to inform the audience of the plot of the film.
Article systems are usually believed to have developed, and that their primaryfunction is, to signal (in)definiteness.
Also, the intricate carving on the pieces seems out of place had their primaryfunction been plumbing.
Thus, the primaryfunction of spalt could be to affect cell-cell adhesion, which, in turn, affects cell localization.
A primaryfunction of glia in the worm appears to be the support of peripheral sensory structures.
That is their primaryfunction.
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This is its primaryfunction.
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