tertiaryadjective
uk/ˈtɜː.ʃər.i/us/ˈtɝː.ʃi.er.i/tertiary adjective (THIRD)
formal relating to a third level or stage
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Stages & phases
- beta
- early-stage
- early-term
- in phase/out of phase idiom
- landmark
- leg
- period
- phase
- point
- stage
- step
- stepping stone
- the home straight
- twilight
tertiary adjective (EDUCATION)
C1 [ before noun ] mainly UK relating to education in colleges and universities:
tertiary education
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Types of education
- adult education
- apprenticeship
- blended learning
- child-centred
- classroom
- coeducation
- consciousness-raising
- continuing education
- e-learning
- educational
- educative
- further education
- heuristic
- higher
- mainstream
- mixed-ability
- nursery
- remedial
- scholarship
- secondary
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tertiary adjective (INDUSTRY)
[ before noun ] specialized business A tertiary industry provides a service and is not involved with getting the materials with which products are made, or with making products.
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Industry & industrial processes
- carding
- compression moulding
- deindustrialization
- die cutting
- heavy industry
- industrialization
- industry-wide
- injection moulding
- just-in-time
- light industry
- machine carding
- mining
- plastic
- prebuilt
- prefabricated
- quality assurance
- quality control
- raw
- rustbelt
- vulcanized
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