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Grep of noun secondary secondary secondary amenorrhea secondary cell secondary censorship secondary coil secondary dentition secondary diagonal secondary dysmenorrhea secondary education secondary emission secondary hypertension secondary modern school secondary school secondary sex character secondary sex characteristic secondary storage secondary syphilis secondary winding Overview of noun secondary The noun secondary has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. secondary -- (the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen) 2. secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary -- (coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil) Overview of adj secondary The adj secondary has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (11) secondary -- (of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams") 2. junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary") 3. secondary -- (depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection") 4. secondary -- (not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events") 5. secondary -- (belonging to a lower class or rank) Antonyms of adj secondary 5 senses of secondary Sense 1 secondary (vs. primary) primary (vs. secondary) => capital => direct => firsthand => first-string => original => particular, special Sense 2 junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(postnominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate INDIRECT (VIA junior) -> senior Sense 3 secondary INDIRECT (VIA incidental) -> basic Sense 4 secondary INDIRECT (VIA minor) -> major Sense 5 secondary INDIRECT (VIA subordinate) -> dominant Similarity of adj secondary 5 senses of secondary Sense 1 secondary (vs. primary) => alternate, alternative => auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary => collateral => indirect => secondhand => second-string, substitute(postnominal) => standby => tributary => utility(postnominal), substitute(postnominal) => vicarious => thirdhand Also See-> inessential#1, unessential#1; unoriginal#1 Sense 2 junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(postnominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate => junior (vs. senior) Sense 3 secondary => incidental (vs. basic), incident Sense 4 secondary => minor (vs. major) Sense 5 secondary => subordinate (vs. dominant), low-level Attributes of adj secondary Familiarity of adj secondary secondary used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj secondary secondary Overview of noun secondary The noun secondary has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. secondary -- (the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen) 2. secondary coil, secondary winding, secondary -- (coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil) Overview of adj secondary The adj secondary has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (11) secondary -- (of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams") 2. junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking, lowly, petty, secondary, subaltern, subordinate -- (inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary") 3. secondary -- (depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection") 4. secondary -- (not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events") 5. secondary -- (belonging to a lower class or rank)
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