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- Dictionarysecondary/ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary: "the plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of an organic compound) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms.
noun
- 1. a secondary school. British
- 2. a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer.
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1. a. : of second rank, importance, or value. b. : of, relating to, or constituting the second strongest of the three or four degrees of stress recognized by most linguists. the fourth syllable of basketball team carries secondary stress. c. of a tense : expressive of past time. 2. a. : immediately derived from something original, primary, or basic
SECONDARY definition: 1. less important than related things: 2. developing from something similar that existed earlier…. Learn more.
adjective. us / ˈsek. ə n.der.i / uk / ˈsek. ə n.dri / secondary adjective (LESS IMPORTANT) Add to word list. less important than related things: Her health is what matters - the cost of the treatment is of secondary importance. The need for secrecy is secondary to the need to take immediate action. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of 'secondary' secondary. (sekəndri , US -deri ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun, Also v-link ADJ to n] If you describe something as secondary, you mean that it is less important than something else. The street erupted in a huge explosion, with secondary explosions in the adjoining buildings.
Definitions of secondary. adjective. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate. “the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher” “a secondary source” “a secondary issue” “ secondary streams” synonyms: inessential, unessential. not basic or fundamental. unoriginal.
Secondary definition: next after the first in order, place, time, etc.. See examples of SECONDARY used in a sentence.
[usually before noun] happening as a result of something else. a secondary infection. a secondary effect. a secondary colour (= made from mixing two primary colours) a secondary outcome. Topics Change, cause and effect b2. Word Origin.
adj. 1. Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary: concerns that are secondary. 2. a. Following what is first in time or sequence: secondary fermentation. b. Of or relating to secondary schools. 3. a. Derived from what is primary or original: literary criticism viewed as secondary to literature itself. b.
Secondary definition: Of, relating to, or being the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.
Synonyms for SECONDARY: derivative, secondhand, resultant, consequent, unoriginal, minor, inferior, smaller; Antonyms of SECONDARY: basic, original, fundamental, first, primary, nonderivative, higher, greater
