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Meaning second meaning

What does second mean?
Definitions in simple English

second Adjective

— The second thing is the one that is number two (2) in order. I only have one older brothers and one younger brother. I'm the second child.

second Noun

— A second is 1/60 of a minute. Sixty seconds is one minute. The winner won the race by five seconds.

second Verb

— If you second a nomination, you support it and it will be voted. So moved. Do we have a second?

second

— adjective coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude — noun 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites — adverb in the second place second, we must consider the economy — noun (= moment, mo, minute, bit) an indefinitely short time wait just a moment in a mo it only takes a minute in just a bit — noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield — noun a speech seconding a motion do I hear a second? — noun following the first in an ordering or series he came in a close second — noun a 60th part of a minute of arc the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here — noun the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match — verb transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment The officer was seconded for duty overseas — adjective a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first second flute the second violins — verb (= back, endorse, indorse) give support or one's approval to I'll second that motion I can't back this plan endorse a new project — noun 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 — noun (= irregular) merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name — noun (= moment) a particular point in time the moment he arrived the party began

Synonyms second synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as second?

second English » English

moment instant support back minute next endorse another secondly other helper assistant uphold time second base runner-up jiffy jiff inferior indorse back up arcsecond sustain sec s bit assist 2nd underpin twinkling supporter stand by sponsor secondment second gear prop number two maintain indorsement espouse epoch endorsement different countenance bolster while two trice succeeding send

Topics second topics

What do people use second to talk about?
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

And, also
States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

Two
States Quantity Number

Ordinal numbers
States Time

Period of time
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal
Person Healthy

Injure
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Think Opinion

Change your mind
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Gossip
Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Father, mother
Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Birth order
Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by marriage

Husband, wife
Social behavior Relationships Kinship

Widow, widower
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Work and occupation Working with buildings Parts of a building

Floor, story
Physical actions

Break, wear out
States Time Period of time Day

Time of the day
States Time Period of time Week

Days of the week
States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not new

Conjugation second conjugation

How do you conjugate second?

second · verb

Examples second examples

How do I use second in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Everyone deserves a second chance.
We can travel through time. And we do at the remarkable rate of one second per second.
He is second to none when it comes to debating.
Give me a second chance.
Habit is second nature.
Barcelona is the capital city of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain.
London is their second home.
Just a second, please, here is my wife, I'll introduce her to you. Jarmila, this is Mr. Reindle from the American Embassy.
Just a second, please. Straight and then to the right, is that it?
You will take the second street.
Could I talk to you alone for a second?
Bang guitarist will become a dad for the second time, announces a spokesperson for the band.
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
In general, little is known about nonlinear second order differential equations.
Your second button is coming off.
Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan.
A second is a sixtieth part of a minute.
Doctors refused to perform a second operation.
Russia had emerged as a second superpower.
Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States.
The gross national product of our country is the second largest.
I sincerely hope you'll give me this second chance.

Movie subtitles

Now, if 30 years ago, you'd predicted that China's would be the second largest economy by 201 1 and the largest by 2030, I think you'd have been dismissed as a fantasist.
Hah, okay, I, uh, just need a second to get ready.
We're gonna be firing this at around three-and-a-half kilometres per second.
And he just disappeared in a second.
OK, so better iv access first, tube second, ABGs third.
Basically. Four people are gonna have a second shot at life today, and three people are willing to put their lives on the line. all because of Illyana.
Second aerial performer.
Just for a second.
And second of all, as far as the breaking goes, you have no idea of my intent to steal your prescription pad.
We are at the hotel on East Cameron and he just went out for ice, and I only have a second.
I have spent my whole life escaping to far-off places, and it's only recently, like, now, like, literally this second that I realize, like, I can't do that!
If I could hold my wife for one more second. Oh.
I need a second look for the reception.
Now, for my song, I need to be seated exactly 20 feet away, because I have a 15-second intro.
And in the first case the system has more energy than in the second case.
After Van de Hulst's Oxford Lecture a second survey started in November 1953.
There's talk of a second republic.
Napoleon III desecrated the second republic and deported 12,000 of us to these wild African lands.
I kept looking at the door, thinking Rie was gonna walk in at any second, but she never did.
Look, Esme's gonna be here any second, and I can't be caught talking to you.
Hey, actually, can you come in here for a second?
Second day back and I'm already in detention for something I didn't do.
Yeah, yeah, I just, uh. can I talk to you for a second?
They assaulted us without a second thought, and that makes them enemies.
Ms. Davenport. do you have a second?
No, on second thought, I should probably call myself the Professor.
Don't give it a second thought.
Wait a second. What do you mean?
No, it's on the second floor.
Oh, there are three rooms on the second floor.
Listen to me for a second, love.
Jackson, can you, like, look at me for half a second?
We will definitely pass to the second round.
There'll be no problem till the second round.
AND THE SECOND I DID IT, IT BECAME EASY.
The second one's bigger.
Four people are gonna have a second shot at life today, and three people are willing to put their lives on the line. all because of Illyana.
Just hear me out. Just for a second.
Okay. We are at the hotel on East Cameron and he just went out for ice, and I only have a second.

News and current affairs

Second, and more importantly, our leaders must seek to calm, rather than exploit, public anxiety.
Second, where they do consider harmonization, they could favor the less stringent of the original standards, unless there is credible evidence that it would not support the relevant regulatory objective.
Second, troubles in any single component of total debt will have an impact on all the other components.
Second, drug development is geared toward maximizing profit, not social benefit, which skews efforts directed at the creation of medicines that are essential to human welfare.
A second IMF accounting distortion involves stabilization funds.
Second, everyone must recognize their stake in restoring balanced advanced-country growth as much and as soon as possible in order to counter the ongoing shortfall in aggregate demand.
This essay, more than anything else, defined Putin's second term.
I estimate that Euro 750 million in the first year, Euro 500 million in the second year and Euro 250 million in the third year would do the trick.
The second, however, is probably still beyond its reach.
Second is growth as a by-product of commodity booms.
Second, short-term interest rates were so low that additional cuts would spook the financial markets: if even the Fed thought conditions warranted cuts, the argument went, businesses would respond not by increasing their investments but by reducing them.
The second was the decade of successful business-cycle management by Alan Greenspan's independent, apolitical, and technocratic Fed during the 1990s.
This second era now appears to have been as fleeting as the first.
Second, global financial reform must proceed at a faster pace.
Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear - if more fragile than expected - winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers.
The measure's second shortcoming, however, is that the spending reductions that it mandates are modest.
The second is a set of understandings and commitments among the major advanced and developing countries to rebalance the global economy in order to restore aggregate demand and growth.
The second narrative starts with the 1950's and 1960's, an era of rapid growth in the West and Japan.
The second key challenge that we will face during our European presidency is that of Russia.
The second reason why Liu deserves the Nobel Peace Prize resonates with Alfred Nobel's original intent for the award.

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