Secondary Definition

sĕkən-dĕrē

secondaries

adjective

Second, or below the first, in rank, importance, class, place, etc.; subordinate; minor; not primary.

Webster's New World

Of or relating to secondary schools.

American Heritage

Derived or resulting from something considered primary or original; dependent; derivative.

Webster's New World

Secondhand; not original.

A secondary source of information.

Webster's New World

Coming next in sequence after the primary or elementary level.

Secondary education.

Webster's New World

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noun

secondaries

A person or thing that is secondary, subordinate, or inferior.

Webster's New World

One of the shorter flight feathers projecting along the inner edge of a bird's wing.

American Heritage Medicine

An output winding of a transformer from which the power is taken.

Webster's New World

A coil or circuit having an induced current.

American Heritage

Any of the secondary colors.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Secondary

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secondary

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secondaries

From the Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality"), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.

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