1. tertiary

adjective. ['ˈtɝːʃɝi, ˈtɝːʃiːˌɛri'] coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position.

Rhymes with Tertiary

• actuary
• ancillary
• apothecary
• arbitrary
• arbitrary
• aviary
• budgetary
• contemporary
• customary
• deflationary
• dictionary
• dietary
• dignitary
• disciplinary
• discretionary
• disinflationary
• dispensary
• diversionary
• diversionary
• dromedary

How do you pronounce tertiary?

Pronounce tertiary as ˈtərʃəri.

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Sentences with tertiary

1. Adjective
Again, in our example of the park being built, there may be no tertiary stakeholders.

Quotes about tertiary

1. The spread of secondary and latterly of tertiary education has created a large population of people, often with well-developed literary and scholarly tastes, who have been educated far beyond their capacity to undertake analytical thought.
- Peter Medawar

2. Tertiary

noun. from 63 million to 2 million years ago.