Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secondary action

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ondary ac-tion
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Industrial action taken by workers who are not involved in a dispute, to show solidarity with those who are involved.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

secondary actions (plural)

Questions

What does secondary action mean?: Industrial action taken by workers who are not involved in a dispute, to show solidarity with those who are involved.

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