Word: Second
How to pronounce: ˈsekənd
Ordinal number
Definitions:
1. Constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd.
Example sentences: "He married for a second time"
2. Subordinate or inferior in position, rank, or importance.
Example sentences: "It was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports"
3. An attendant assisting a combatant in a duel or boxing match.
Example sentences: "It included a tryst with a young man, who volunteered to be a second in a duel."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion.
Example sentences: "Bertonazzi seconded Birmingham's nomination"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a cesium-133 atom.A very short time.
Example sentences: "Torrance squeezed the trigger, waited twenty five seconds and fired again."
2. A sixtieth of a minute of angular distance.
Example sentences: "In actual numbers its resolution is about half an arc second, which is equivalent of seeing a five cent piece from about 10 kilometres away."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Transfer (a military officer or other official or worker) temporarily to other employment or another position.
Example sentences: "I was seconded to a public relations unit"
Synonyms:
secondly
sec
s
second of time
instant
moment
minute
split second
jiffy
twinkling
heartbeat
twinkle
eyeblink
another
a second time
back
assistant
aide
secondment
beat
Derivations:
secondary
seconder
secondment
secondarily
seconding
seconded
secondly
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Second in Other Languages...
Spanish: Segundo
German: Zweiten
French: Deuxième
Italian: Secondo
Turkish: Ikincilik
