Dictionary entry
Secondary
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri/
Pronunciation
/ˈsɛk(ə)nd(ə)ri/
Myanmar Meaning
(adj) အဓိကမဟုတ်
Definition
secondary /'sekǝndri; US -deri/ adj ၁။ ~ ( to sth ) အဓိကမဟုတ္။ သာမည။ ဆင့္ပြား။ a secondary issue/role ❍ secondary stress (eg on the first syllable of ‘university’) ❍ secondary picketing (eg of a firm that is thought to be helping the employers of the workers on strike) ❍ Such considerations are secondary to our main aim of improving efficiency. ❍ Her age is only of secondary importance. ၂။ ပင္ရင္းမွခြဲ ထြက္ေသာ။ ဆင့္ပြား။ a secondary effect/factor ❍ green is a secondary colour (ie one produced by mixing two primary colours, yellow and blue) ❍ a secondary infection (ie one which occurs as a result of another illness). ၃။ အလယ္တန္း(ပညာ)။ secondary teachers. အလယ္တန္းျပဆရာ။ Compare PRIMARY, TERTIARY secondarily /-drǝli; US sekǝn'derǝli/ adv ❏ secondary education n [U] အလယ္တန္းပညာ။ ❏ secondary school n အလယ္တန္းေက်ာင္း။
Examples
- Primary and secondary education
- Secondary teachers/pupils
- His feelings in the matter are of secondary importance.
- He only played a secondary role.
- [secondary to] : The colour of the car is secondary to its quality and price.
- A secondary infection
- Secondary glazing
- Books written in the present day by historians are secondary sources.