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English adjective: secondary | |||
| 1. | secondary being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate | ||
| Samples | The stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher. A secondary source. A secondary issue. Secondary streams. | ||
| Similar | alternate, alternative, auxiliary, collateral, indirect, second-string, secondhand, standby, subsidiary, substitute, substitute, supplemental, supplementary, thirdhand, tributary, utility, vicarious | ||
| See also | inessential, unessential, unoriginal | ||
| Antonyms | primary | ||
| 2. | secondary inferior in rank or status | ||
| Samples | The junior faculty. A lowly corporal. Petty officialdom. A subordinate functionary. | ||
| Synonyms | junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, subaltern | ||
| Similar | junior | ||
| Antonyms | senior | ||
| 3. | secondary depending on or incidental to what is original or primary | ||
| Samples | A secondary infection. | ||
| Similar | incident, incidental | ||
| Antonyms | basic | ||
| 4. | secondary not of major importance | ||
| Samples | Played a secondary role in world events. | ||
| Similar | minor | ||
| Antonyms | major | ||
| 5. | secondary belonging to a lower class or rank | ||
| Similar | low-level, subordinate | ||
| Antonyms | dominant | ||
English noun: secondary | |||
| 1. | secondary (group) the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | formation | ||
| Member holonym | back | ||
| Member meronym | eleven, football team | ||
| 2. | secondary (artifact) coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil | ||
| Synonyms | secondary coil, secondary winding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coil | ||
| Part meronym | transformer | ||
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