'secondary' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'secondary' with 7 example sentences.
- secondary adjective
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: 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
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: 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.