Antonym: primary. Similar words: second, boundary, to the contrary, on the contrary, economic recovery, standard, calendar, secretary. Meaning: ['sekəndərɪ /drɪ] 
n. 1. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen 2. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil. adj. 1. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate 2. inferior in rank or status 3. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary 4. not of major importance 5. belonging to a lower class or rank.
n. 1. the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen 2. coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil. adj. 1. being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate 2. inferior in rank or status 3. depending on or incidental to what is original or primary 4. not of major importance 5. belonging to a lower class or rank. 
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31 It takes a year to do a PGCE and then you can teach in a primary or secondary school.
32 Stress marks above the line indicate primary stress, while those below the line show secondary stress.
33 Nine out of ten secondary school children are in comprehensive schools.
34 The vast expansion in secondary education is putting an enormous strain on the system.
35 Can we just backtrack a little bit and look at your primary and secondary education?
36 Cost is the important thing - any benefits for the user are a secondary consideration.
37 The need for secrecy is secondary to the need to take immediate action.
38 It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.
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39 I've worked with children in various settings, mainly in secondary school.
40 He must have come to know those philosophers through secondary or tertiary sources.
41 The secondary current sets up a magnetic field inside the tube.
42 The noise of hammering was dulled by the secondary glazing.
43 You can't just rely on secondary sources for your research into her life history - you ought to look at primary sources such as her letters and diaries.
44 Examinations for the GCSE are taken after about five years of secondary education.
45 The report notes evidence that secondary smoke from other people's cigarettes harms unborn children.
46 The drug is not very effective against AIDS, though it may be used to treat secondary viral infections.
47 Historians use a wide range of primary and secondary sources for their research.
48 The street erupted in a huge explosion, with secondary explosions in the adjoining buildings.
49 Sometimes we forget that the media coverage of a sport is actually of secondary importance to the event itself.
50 The popular secondary schools in the town are usually oversubscribed.
51 The proposed reforms include making secondary education compulsory up to the age of 18.
52 the primary stress is on the third syllable, and the secondary stress is on the first syllable.
53 those in secondary schools.
54 It's no bed of roses teaching in a secondary school.
55 Some of the secondary characters in the novel are very sketchily drawn.
56 The actual damage to the brain cells is secondary to the damage caused to the blood supply.
57 But the report said few secondary schools advertised at less than ￡60,000, and primary headships had broken through the ￡50,000 barrier.
58 When I was first taught cardiology there was little evidence for the efficacy of secondary prevention after myocardial infarction.
59 Their purpose was to weaken the closed shop and to outlaw secondary picketing.
60 The Thorium versus Potassium cross-plot confirms illite as being the main clay and kaolinite as the secondary clay mineral.
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