Sekirov Dictionary

second

/ˈsɛk.ənd/

adjective 3
noun 15
verb 3
adverb 2
/səˈkɑnd/ verb 4
/səˈkɑnd/ noun 3
forms 3
phrases 12

adjective3

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coming straight after the first of two or more people or things
- He lives on Second Street.
- The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".
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Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.
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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.

noun15

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A 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.
- For this reason, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that spinach be cooked at 160º for 15 seconds, which kills potentially fatal bacteria. — 2021
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(informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
- I'll be there in a second.
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.
The second gear of an engine.
Second base.
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(informal) A second-class honours degree.
- [Stephen Hawking] […] would go to Cambridge, he said, if they gave him a first, and stay at Oxford if they gave him a second. He got a first. — 2004
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[usually plural] An additional helping of food.
- That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.
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The 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.
- Joint enterprise law dates back to at least the 16th century. It was later developed to deter duelling by making seconds and doctors liable for murder. — 2016
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A Cub Scout appointed to assist a sixer.
- Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders. — 1995
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[usually 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.
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A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- Smoky Joe ran against a Houston horse named Cherokee Chief. “Don't hit him,” Jeanine said to the jockey. “Maybe once. But you don't get a second.” — 2009
The 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).
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.

verb3

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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.
To climb after a lead climber.
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To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. — 1655

adverb2

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After the first; at the second rank.
- Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.
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After the first occurrence but before the third.
- He is batting second today.

second

UK /səˈkɒnd/US /səˈkɑnd/

verb4

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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.
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(UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
- The army officer was seconded while he held civil office.
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To assist or support; to back.
- Wee haue Supplyes, to second our Attempt:[…] — 1596
To accompany by singing as the second performer.

noun3

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One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- The dogs however parted, and after a little handling by their seconds immediately returned to the charge — 1820
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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.
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(no longer used) Aid; assistance; help.
- Give second, and my love / Is everlasting thine. — 1608

forms

seconded · seconding · seconds

Phrases with second

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