transcription, транскрипция: [ sekəndri, AM -deri ]
1.
If you describe something as secondary , you mean that it is less important than something else.
The street erupted in a huge explosion, with secondary explosions in the adjoining buildings...
The actual damage to the brain cells is secondary to the damage caused to the blood supply.
ADJ : usu ADJ n , also v-link ADJ to n
2.
Secondary diseases or infections happen as a result of another disease or infection that has already happened.
He had kidney cancer, with secondary tumours in the brain and lungs.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
3.
Secondary education is given to pupils between the ages of 11 or 12 and 17 or 18.
Examinations for the GCSE are taken after about five years of secondary education.
ADJ