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| sec·ond [ sékənd ] |
adjective |
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1. coming after first: coming after the first in a series
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2. another: additional to, repeating, or following one that came before or was previously mentioned
  I need to take a second look at those numbers.
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3. additional and less important: additional to and less important than the first or main one
a second home
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4. similar to predecessor: similar or comparable in many respects to a particular renowned personality or event
a second Watergate
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5. inferior: inferior to or less important than somebody or something else
second only to the President
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6. music performing lower or less important part: singing or playing a lower or less important part
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noun (plural sec·onds) |
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1. 2 in series: the ordinal number assigned to item number two in a series
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2. another person or thing: another person or thing of the same kind as one previously mentioned
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3. competitor's or duelist's assistant: an official assistant to a contestant in a boxing match or a participant in a duel
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4. seconder: a seconder for a proposal, a motion, or nomination in a debate
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5. item with fault: an imperfectly manufactured item that is sold at a discount
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6. automotive forward gear: a forward gear of a transmission that is higher than first gear and lower than third gear
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7. baseball
Same as second base (sense 1)
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8. music interval of two notes: in a standard musical scale, the interval between one note and another that lies one note above or below it. In the scale of C major, C and D form a second.
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9. music note second away from another: in a standard musical scale, a note that is a second away from another note
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10. ballet
Same as second position
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plural noun sec·onds |
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another helping or serving: another helping or serving of a dish or type of food
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informal
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transitive verb (past and past participle sec·ond·ed, present participle sec·ond·ing, 3rd person present singular sec·onds) |
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1. act as seconder: to state support officially for a proposal, motion, or nomination introduced by somebody else, so that discussion or voting can take place
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2. express agreement and support: to express agreement and support for something that somebody has just said
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informal
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I second that.
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3. act as competitor's or duelist's second: to act as second to a contestant in a boxing match or duel
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4. assist or support: to assist or support somebody or something
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formal
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seconded her efforts
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adverb |
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1. except for one: the one that exceeds all the rest, except for one, in a particular way
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used to qualify a superlative
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the second-highest mountain in the world
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2.
Same as secondly
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin secundus "following" < sequi "follow"] |
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second to none better than anyone or anything else
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