Seconded Meaning and Definition

Word: Seconded

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."

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: "Bridgeman seconded Maxwell's motion calling for the reform"

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 caesium-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."

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"

Derivations:

seconder

secondment

second

seconding

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Seconded in Other Languages...

Spanish:

German: Abgeordnete

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Italian:

Turkish: Desteklemek