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US
/ˈsɛkənd/
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ADJECTIVE
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a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
second flute
the second violins - coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
NOUN
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a speech seconding a motion
do I hear a second? - the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
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a 60th part of a minute of arc
the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here -
the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
he had to shift down into second to make the hill - 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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an indefinitely short time
in just a bit
wait just a moment
it only takes a minute
in a mo - merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
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following the first in an ordering or series
he came in a close second - the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
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a particular point in time
the moment he arrived the party began
VERB
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give support or one's approval to
I'll second that motion
I can't back this plan
endorse a new project -
transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
The officer was seconded for duty overseas
ADVERB
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in the second place
second, we must consider the economy
How To Use second In A Sentence
- It sparked to life in the second act, when the symbolism gave way to themes of lust and sexual temptation.
- When the King heard this, he bade his son be slain; but on the next day the second Wazir came forward for intercession and kissed ground in prostration. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
- During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
- A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
- She is daunted by the task ahead in the second of the six-part series. The Sun
- We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
- A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a couple of superb goals from Anthony Edwards.
- Since the extra energy being transferred from one molecule to the next changes the way each absorbs and emits light, the flow of energy can be followed through optical spectroscopy, resolved on a femtosecond timescale.
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.