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- DictionaryPri·mal/ˈprīm(ə)l/
adjective
- 1. relating to an early stage in evolutionary development; primeval: "primal hunting societies"
- 2. essential; fundamental: "rivers were the primal highways of life"
The meaning of PRIMAL is original, primitive. How to use primal in a sentence.
PRIMAL definition: 1. relating to the time when human life on earth began: 2. basic and relating to an early stage of…. Learn more.
Primal definition: first; original; primeval. See examples of PRIMAL used in a sentence.
The adjective primal describes something that's essential or basic, like the primal urge to protect yourself and your family from harm. The Latin root of primal is primus, which means first. If your friend talks about his primal self, he means the most basic, important part of who he is.
adjective. 1. basic, prime, central, first, highest, greatest, major, chief, main, most important, principal, paramount the most primal of human fears. 2. earliest, prime, original, primary, first, initial, primitive, pristine, primordial Yeats's remarks about folklore and the primal religion.
PRIMAL meaning: 1. relating to the time when human life on earth began: 2. basic and relating to an early stage of…. Learn more.
Primal is used to describe something that relates to the origins of things or that is very basic.
Fundamental; basic. The primal urge to procreate. Webster's New World. (meat trade) Being one of the pieces of meat initially separated from the carcass during butchering, prior to division into smaller cuts. Wiktionary. Synonyms: fundamental. central. key.
Definition of primal adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
very basic, or relating to the time when human life on Earth began: primal instincts. (Definition of primal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)