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Meaning
Adj
●
Number-two;
following
after the first one with nothing between them. The
ordinal number
corresponding
to the
cardinal number
two.
●
Next to the first in value, power,
excellence
,
dignity
, or
rank
;
secondary
;
subordinate
; inferior.
●
Being of the same kind
as one
that has
preceded
; another.
Adv
●
After the first; at the second rank.
●
After the first
occurrence
but before the third.
Noun
●
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.
●
A
manufactured
item
that, though still
usable
,
fails
to
meet
quality control
standards.
●
An
additional
helping
of food.
●
A
chance
or
attempt
to
achieve
what should have been done the
first time
, usually
indicating
success
this time
around. (See second-guess.)
●
In Music:
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).
●
The
second gear
of an engine.
●
In Baseball:
Second base.
●
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.
●
A Cub Scout
appointed
to
assist
the sixer.
●
A
second-class
honours
degree.
●
One-sixtieth of a
minute
; the SI
unit
of time,
defined
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.
●
A
unit
of
angle
equal
to one-sixtieth of a
minute of arc
or one part in 3600 of a degree.
●
A
short
,
indeterminate
amount of time.
●
One who
supports
another in a
contest
or
combat
, such as a dueller's assistant.
●
One who
supports
or
seconds
a
motion
, or the
act
itself, as required in certain
meetings
to
pass
judgement
etc.
●
Aid;
assistance
; help.
Verb
●
To
agree
as a
second person
to (a
proposal
), usually to
reach
a
necessary
quorum
of two. (See
etymology
3 for translations.)
●
To
follow
in the next place; to succeed.
●
In Climbing:
To
climb
after a lead
climb
er.
●
In British English:
To
transfer
temporarily
to
alternative
employment.
●
To
assist
or support; to back.
●
To
agree
as a
second person
to (a
proposal
), usually to
reach
a
necessary
quorum
of two. (This may
come from
etymology
1 above.)
●
In Music:
To
accompany
by
singing
as the second performer.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
second
English
seconde
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
secunda
Latin
seconder
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
secundo
Latin
secont
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
secundus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
2nd
2ⁿᵈ
2d
2ᵈ
Other
Seconder
S
Sec
Arcsecond
Arcsec
Secondly
Abet
Jiffy
Second Of Arc
Related
Third
Minute
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Moment
Seventh
Ninth
Eighth
First
3rd
Quarter
Month
Twelfth
Lastly
1st
Largest
Highest
Thirdly
Fifteenth
2
4th
Therefore
5th
Two
Time
Tenth
Part
Touchdown
Foremost
Final
Furthermore
Twentieth
Later
Firstly
Comparable
However
Equivalent
Moreover
Rank
Bit
Similarly
Eleventh
Meanwhile
Row
Number Two
More
Rhymes
Yond
Wand
Pond
Cond
Bond
Fond
Frond
Blond
Beyond
Second
Blonde
Abscond
Respond
Despond
Correspond
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