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'secondary' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'secondary' with 7 example sentences.


secondary adjective

: inferior in rank or status

: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

: not of major importance

: belonging to a lower class or rank

: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

secondary noun

: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil


  • Telescopes have a primary and a secondary mirror.
  • Must the woman always play the secondary role?
  • I am a teacher in the secondary school.
  • This problem is only of secondary importance.
  • He got all his information from secondary sources.
  • Peasants often have a secondary activity to augment their income.
  • He attended only secondary school.
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