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How to pronounce “primitive”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of primitive with real speech in context.
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- The Meta-Problem of Consciousness
is taken to be somehow irreducible and primitive.
- Definition summary
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
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How to pronounce primitive
The Meta-Problem of Consciousness
is taken to be somehow irreducible and primitive.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “primitive”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (linguistics) An original or primary word; a word not derived from another, as opposed to derivative.
- A member of a primitive society.
- A simple-minded person.
- (programming) A data type that is built into the programming language, as opposed to more complex structures.
- (programming) Any of the simplest elements (instructions, statements, etc.) available in a programming language.[1]
- A basic geometric shape from which more complex shapes can be constructed.
- (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
- [Adjective]
- Of or pertaining to the beginning or origin, or to early times; original; primordial; primeval; first.
- Of or pertaining to or harking back to a former time; old-fashioned; characterized by simplicity.
- Crude, obsolete.
- (grammar) Original; primary; radical; not derived.
- (biology) Occurring in or characteristic of an early stage of development or evolution.
- (mathematics) Not derived from another of the same type
- (linguistics, dated) most recent common ancestor (often hypothetical) of
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