In my understanding, Robinson treats this element as secondary.
Source: tatoeba (252049)
Secondary
//ˈsɛkənˌdɛɹi//
Synonyms for "secondary" (314 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (63)
alternativecollateralincidentalindirectminorprimarysecond stringsecondhandsubordinatesubstitutesupplementaltertiarytributaryvicariousaccessoryaccidentaccidentaladdendumadditionadditional
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adjunctadscititiousadventitiousadvocateagentalter egoalternateambidextrousamicus curiaeanalogyancillaryappendageappurtenanceappurtenantascititiousassistantassociateattorneyauxiliarybackupbackup manbifacialbifoldbiformbilateralbinarybinatebiparousbivalentborrowedcasualchampionchangechangelingchromatic circlechromatic spectrumchromaticity diagramcircumstantialcogcolor circlecolor cyclecolor indexcolor mixture curve
Strong matches (94)
color solidcolor spectrumcolor systemcolor trianglecomingcommoncommonalitycommonaltycomparisoncomplementary colorconduplicateconsequentcontingencycontingentcopiedcopycounterfeitcovertcreaturedemeaning
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demitintdenarydependentdeputyderivationalderivativederiveddinkydisadvantageddisomatousdoubledouble-faceddualdummyduodenarydupleduplexduplicateemployeeequalequivalentersatzeventualexchangeexecutive officerexponentextrafakefeatherfeathersfigureheadfill-infinalflunkyfollowerfortuitousfull colorfundamental colorsgeminategeminatedghostghostwriterhacklehalf tinthalftonehappenstancehelperhoi polloihue cyclehumbleimitatedimitationin the shadeinessentialinferiorinfra diginsignificantjanus likejanus-likejuniorlastlesslesserlieutenantlightweightlittlelocumlocum tenenslourlowlow prioritylow-priority
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (157)
lowerlower classlower orderslower rankinglowlymailmakeshiftmarginalmassesmaxwell trianglemere chancemetamermetaphormetonymymockmodestmonochromemunsell scalenext best thingno great shakes
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nonarynonessentialnot-selfoctonaryof no accountof no consequenceof no matterof no significanceordinaryotheroutsideparanymphpawnperipheralpersonnelphonypinchpinch hitterpleaderplumagepoor relationprimary colorprocuratorprovisionalproxypure colorquaternaryquinaryreliefreplacementrepresentativereservereservesresultantright hand manright-hand manringerscrubsecondsecond fiddlesecond in commandsecond ranksecondary coilsecondary colorsenaryseptenaryservantservilesidesignsmallsmall frysmall timesmall-frysmall-timesolar spectrumsparesparesspectral colorspectrumspectrum colorspeculumstand instand-instandbystopgapsubsubalternsubjectsubsequentsubservientsubsidiarysubstituentsubstitutionsuccedaneumsuperaddedsuperadditionsuperfluoussupersedersupervenientsupplantersupplementsupplementarysupportingsupportivesurrogatesymbolsynecdochetemporarytentativetertiary colorthird rankthird stringthird stringerthirdhandtokentwintwinnedtwo facedtwo plytwo sidedtwo-facedtwo-leveltwo-plytwo-sidedtwo-storytwofoldultimateunderunderlingunderprivilegedunderstrapperunderstudyunessentialunimportantunoriginalutilityutility manutility playervicarvicar generalvicevice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentvicegerentvigenaryvulgaryes manyes-man
Adjective(4 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescoordinate
11 entriesderived
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
etymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
12 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
50 entriesShowing 16 of 50 words.
Translations
45 translations across 29 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- ثَانَوِي adj (succeeding first)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вторичен adj (succeeding first)
- помощен adj (acting by deputation)
Catalan
2 entries- secundari adj (succeeding first)
- secundària adj (succeeding first)
Danish
1 entries- sekundær adj (succeeding first)
Dutch
2 entries- plaatsvervangend adj (acting by deputation)
- secundair adj (succeeding first)
Esperanto
3 entries- duagrada adj (succeeding first)
- duaperioda adj (succeeding first)
- sekundara adj (succeeding first)
French
1 entries- secondaire adj (succeeding first)
Galician
1 entries- secundario adj (succeeding first)
Georgian
1 entries- მეორადი adj (succeeding first)
German
2 entries- sekundär adj (succeeding first)
- Armschwinge noun (flight feather attached to the ulna)
Greek
1 entries- δευτερεύων adj (succeeding first)
Hindi
2 entries- दूसरा adj (succeeding first)
- द्वितीय adj (succeeding first)
Ido
1 entries- sekundara adj (succeeding first)
Indonesian
1 entries- sekunder adj (succeeding first)
Italian
2 entries- secondaria adj (succeeding first)
- secondario adj (succeeding first)
Japanese
3 entries- 二次的な adj (succeeding first)
- 二義的な adj (succeeding first)
- 副次的な adj (succeeding first)
Lithuanian
1 entries- antrinis adj (succeeding first)
Malayalam
1 entries- ദ്വിതീയ adj (succeeding first)
Norman
1 entries- s'gondaithe adj (succeeding first)
Polish
3 entries- drugorzędny adj (succeeding first)
- pomocniczy adj (acting by deputation)
- lotka drugiego rzędu noun (flight feather attached to the ulna)
Portuguese
1 entries- secundário adj (succeeding first)
Romanian
1 entries- secundar adj (succeeding first)
Russian
1 entries- втори́чный adj (succeeding first)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dàrnach adj (succeeding first)
- dàrna ite sgèith noun (flight feather attached to the ulna)
Spanish
2 entries- secundario adj (succeeding first)
- suplente adj (acting by deputation)
Tatar
1 entries- икенчел adj (succeeding first)
Turkish
1 entries- ikincil adj (succeeding first)
Vietnamese
3 entries- thứ cấp adj (succeeding first)
- thứ hai adj (succeeding first)
- thứ nhì adj (succeeding first)
Yiddish
1 entries- צווייטיק adj (succeeding first)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Social relationships are secondary to this business.
Source: tatoeba (265353)
Must the woman always play the secondary role?
Source: tatoeba (267312)
Secondary education has two sides.
Source: tatoeba (277548)
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