secondary

«secondary» in Mova's school dictionary: second in importance or less important — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (secondary); noun (a secondary — rare, UK informal for secondary school)

meaning for a pupil

1) Secondary means second in importance or less important. tree →

2) Secondary school (UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland) is the school children go to after primary school, about age 11–18. tree →

3) Secondary means coming after or caused by something else. tree →

4) (art) Secondary colours are made by mixing two primary colours. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life: «primary and secondary school». In art: orange, green and purple are secondary colours. In history, secondary sources are written later about an event. Phrases: «secondary school», «secondary colour», «secondary source», «of secondary importance».

examples

• My big sister goes to secondary school. tree →
• Orange is a secondary colour made from red and yellow. tree →
• A history book is a secondary source. tree →
• Winning is secondary; having fun matters most. tree →
• The fire caused secondary damage from the water. tree →
• Green is a secondary colour: blue + yellow. tree →

note

In the USA the usual word is «high school» or «middle school». Primary = first, secondary = second, tertiary = third.

In the corpora

• SATs results mainly help show how schools are doing; in most of England, secondary school places do not depend on them.
• Then his new secondary school asked about the suspension, because it was on his record.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «secondary» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.