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An example use of secondary in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… it has such a common secondary meaning …”
Secondary means a second or lower-ranking part of something.
the word secondary occurs in english on average 48.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.