second
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/ˈsɛkɪnd/
English
Definitions
noun
- Something that is number two in a series.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.“They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.”
verb
- To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)“I second the motion.”
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- To climb after a lead climber.
adjective
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.“He lives on Second Street.”
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.“Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.”
adverb
- (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.“Saturn is the second largest planet.”
- After the first occurrence but before the third.“He is batting second today.”
noun
- One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- A short, indeterminate amount of time.“I'll be there in a second.”
noun
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.“If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.”
- Aid; assistance; help.
verb
- To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.“The army officer was seconded while he held civil office.”
- To assist or support; to back.
- To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)“I second the motion.”
- To accompany by singing as the second performer.
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Synonyms
secondertwothothersecarcsecondsecond of arcWords used as placeholders to count secondsmomentinstantintermediateendorsementendorseindorseforwardback2ndirregularordinal