secondary character

collocation in English

meaningsofsecondaryandcharacter

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secondary
adjective
uk
/ˈsek.ən.dri/us
/ˈsek.ən.der.i/
less important than ...
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character
noun
uk
/ˈkær.ək.tər/us
/ˈker.ək.tɚ/
the particular combination of qualities in a person or place that makes them different ...
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(Definition ofsecondaryandcharacterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecondary character

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Thus, thesecondarycharacterof the ecosystems studied might in some cases have been the most important determinant of ant community composition.
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In many cases the railway facilities from port to port are of a verysecondarycharacter.
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You cannot give education of asecondarycharacterunless you have amenities of a secondary type.
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I have no information as to the number of members of these grades who undertake regular employment of asecondarycharacter.
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In this number is not included those receiving instruction in central schools and higher elementary schools, the education in which partakes of asecondarycharacter.
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How many of the new senior schools contain, so far as equipment, staffing and playing fields are concerned, amenities of a standard which is approximately of asecondarycharacter?
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Changes of asecondarycharacterare also recommended in the fields of attendance centres and approved schools, but in neither case is the treatment at all fundamental.
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After a really thorough grounding in training of asecondarycharacterbetween the ages of 11 and 16, surely the pupil's direction should easily be ascertainable.
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A player can have one two characters and thesecondarycharactermust be registered so that the primary and secondary characters are identified.
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When the main character falls down the bridge, he tries to yell at thesecondarycharacterfor help.
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However, by the end of the second series, he had largely been reduced tosecondarycharacterstatus.
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Therefore, since he was a guest orsecondarycharacter, the writers felt he could be off-screen a lot.
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He is asecondarycharacterin this novel, and a minor one in the two that follow.
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Any subsequent appearances make the character into asecondarycharacter.
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At the beginning of the film the narrator freezes asecondarycharacterin order to use him at a proper moment during the film.
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He even receives a chapter to himself, uniquely for asecondarycharacter.
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In contrast, hissecondarycharactermodel has remained throughout the series.
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The active or passive nature of secondary characters may also influence the resultant discourse.
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He later settled intosecondarycharacterparts.
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In fact, hearing this well-known duet sung by secondary characters would probably have confused them.
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