secondary source

sec·ond·ar·y source

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Definitions of secondary source words

adjective secondary source next after the first in order, place, time, etc. 1
adjective secondary source belonging or pertaining to a second order, division, stage, period, rank, grade, etc. 1
adjective secondary source (in scholarly studies) pertaining to or being a derived or derivative account, an evaluation of original data, etc.; not primary or original, as in secondary source; secondary research. 1
adjective secondary source of minor or lesser importance; subordinate; auxiliary. 1
adjective secondary source of or relating to secondary schools. 1
adjective secondary source Chemistry. involving or obtained by the replacement of two atoms or groups. noting or containing a carbon atom united to two other carbon atoms in a chain or ring molecule. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Latin word secundārius. See second1, -ary

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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