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Secondary Adjective Bre ˈsekəndri ˈsekənderi Consideration Experience Matters—Age

Word secondary
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈsekəndri / NAmE / ˈsekənderi /
Example
  • that is just a secondary consideration.
  • experience is what matters—age is of secondary importance.
  • raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming.
  • a secondary infection
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secondary

(adjective)BrE / ˈsekəndri / NAmE / ˈsekənderi /
  1. less important than something else
    • That is just a secondary consideration.
    • Experience is what matters—age is of secondary importance.
    • Raising animals was only secondary to other forms of farming.
  2. happening as a result of something else
    • a secondary infection
    • a secondary effect
    • a secondary colour (= made from mixing two primary colours)
  3. connected with teaching children of 11–18 years
    • compare elementary
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/elementary
    • secondary teachers
    • the secondary curriculum

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class’, from secundus ‘following, second’, from the base of sequi ‘follow’.
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