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make primary

To designate one of the contacts on an account as the main contact for that account.

In plain English

This means choosing which contact already listed on the account is treated as the main one. It gives that contact the primary status for the account among the available contacts.

In context

Here, it offers the action of setting the selected email address or phone number as the account’s main contact detail.

Situation
Profile setup, contact details, verification fields, and preference settings
What it communicates
offers the action to set a selected email address or phone number as the main contact detail on the account.

Meaning limits

The term only covers assigning main-contact status and does not by itself indicate how that contact will be used or what else changes on the account.

Examples

“With both parents listed on the account, the school made her mother primary.”

Core meaning

“Her old email stayed on the account, but the new address was made primary.”

In context