secondary stress
noun/ˌsekəndri ˈstres/
/ˌsekənderi ˈstres/
[uncountable, countable] (phonetics)- the second strongest stress that is put on a syllable in a word or a phrase when it is spoken compare primary stressTopics Languagec1
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
secondary stress