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Secondary stress

British pronunciation/sˈɛkəndəɹi stɹˈɛs/
American pronunciation/sˈɛkəndɚɹi stɹˈɛs/
Secondary stress
[NOUN]
1

(phonetics) the second strongest emphatic syllable of a word or phrase when it is uttered

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1. But some syllables do have secondary stress.
2. 'brand' gets a secondary stress: brand-new car.
3. There’s secondary stress on the first syllable, me-.
4. "me" is a secondary stress.
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