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Tertiaries is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Tertiaries in a sentence

Tertiaries meaning

plural of tertiary

Using Tertiaries

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of tertiary

Context around Tertiaries

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

innermost 1× outermost 1×

Often after:

themselves 1× begin 1×

Sentence patterns with Tertiaries

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

from the tertiaries themselves who 1× the innermost tertiaries are moulted 1× the outermost tertiaries begin to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after the innermost 1× catherine received the 1× when the fifth 1×

Common sentence endings:

been only widows 1× begin to drop 1× feathers centrifugal moult 1×

Words around Tertiaries

Just before it in the word index:

tertian 3 tertia 3 terter 6 tert 10 tersteeg 2 tersoo 2

Just after it in the word index:

tertiary 520 tertium 3 tertius 5 tertre 2 tertullian 48 teru 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 5 aacr 5 aacsb 5 aadar 5 aadk 5 aaravos 5

Corpus analysis for Tertiaries

  • In this selection, "tertiaries" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, innermost, outermost, themselves and begin stand out and add context to how "tertiaries" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include from the tertiaries themselves who and the innermost tertiaries are moulted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "tertiaries" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with tertiaries

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

When the fifth of sixth primary is replaced, the outermost tertiaries begin to drop. (14 words)

After the innermost tertiaries are moulted, the secondaries starting from the innermost begin to drop and this proceeds to the outer feathers (centrifugal moult). (24 words)

Catherine received the habit of a Dominican tertiary from the friars of the Order after vigorous protests from the tertiaries themselves, who up to that point had been only widows. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

Catherine received the habit of a Dominican tertiary from the friars of the Order after vigorous protests from the tertiaries themselves, who up to that point had been only widows. (30 words)

After the innermost tertiaries are moulted, the secondaries starting from the innermost begin to drop and this proceeds to the outer feathers (centrifugal moult). (24 words)

When the fifth of sixth primary is replaced, the outermost tertiaries begin to drop. (14 words)

Example sentences (3)

After the innermost tertiaries are moulted, the secondaries starting from the innermost begin to drop and this proceeds to the outer feathers (centrifugal moult).

Catherine received the habit of a Dominican tertiary from the friars of the Order after vigorous protests from the tertiaries themselves, who up to that point had been only widows.

When the fifth of sixth primary is replaced, the outermost tertiaries begin to drop.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "tertiaries" in a sentence?
An example: "After the innermost tertiaries are moulted, the secondaries starting from the innermost begin to drop and this proceeds to the outer feathers (centrifugal moult)." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "tertiaries" from authentic English texts.
What does "tertiaries" mean?
Tertiaries means: plural of tertiary
How many example sentences with "tertiaries" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "tertiaries", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.