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Second

Adjective

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1.AdjectiveNumber-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
"He lives on Second Street.; The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".; He became the second player to hit 50000 runs for his county.; You take the first one, and I'll have the second."
2.AdjectiveNext to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
3.AdjectiveBeing 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."
4.AdverbAfter the first; at the second rank.
"Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system."
5.AdverbAfter the first occurrence but before the third.
"He is batting second today."
6.NounSomething that is number two in a series.
7.NounSomething that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
8.NounThe place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
9.NounA 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."
10.NounAn additional helping of food.
"That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds."
11.NounA chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
12.NounThe interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
13.NounThe second gear of an engine.
14.NounSecond base.
15.NounThe agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
16.NounA Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
17.NounA second-class honours degree.
18.Verb(Should we move, merge or split this sense?) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
"I second the motion."
19.VerbTo follow in the next place; to succeed.
20.VerbTo climb after a lead climber.
21.NounA unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines 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.
22.NounA unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
23.NounA short, indeterminate amount of time.
"I'll be there in a second."
24.VerbTo transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
"The army officer was seconded while he held civil office."
25.VerbTo assist or support; to back.
26.Verb(Should we move, merge or split this sense?) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
"I second the motion."
27.VerbTo accompany by singing as the second performer.
28.NounOne who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
29.NounOne 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."
30.NounAid; assistance; help.
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