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secondary stresses

secondary stresses is the plural of secondary stress.

Meaning of secondary stress

Noun

secondary stress (countable and uncountable, plural secondary stresses)

  1. The weaker of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.

Questions about secondary stresses

What is secondary stresses the plural of?
Secondary stresses is the plural of secondary stress.

Words near secondary stresses in the dictionary

  1. secondary source
  2. secondary sources
  3. secondary storage
  4. secondary storages
  5. secondary stress
  6. secondary stresses
  7. secondary structure
  8. secondary structures
  9. secondary suite
  10. secondary suites
  11. secondary tech

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