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second
Adjective
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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
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A second is 1/60 of a minute. Sixty seconds is one minute.
The winner won the race by five seconds.
second
Verb
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If you second a nomination, you support it and it will be voted.
So moved. Do we have a second?
course
Noun
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In school, a course is a class in a specific subject.
The science course was very difficult.
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A course is the path that something follows in space or in time.
During the course of the evening, things went from bad to worse.
The economy grew quickly over the course of the next few years.
In the course of testing the drug, they found new uses for it.
One teacher can completely change the course of your life.
We'll have to let the disease take its course.
It is important that we decide now on the future course for the company.
The wind kept blowing the boat off course.
The course of the river has changed over time.
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For a meal, a course is one part of a meal such as dessert.
We usually do not eat a meal with nine courses.
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Some games are played on a course.
The game of golf is played on a golf course.
course
Verb
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If something courses, it runs or flows through something.
Blood courses through the veins and arteries in our bodies.
The oil coursed through the engine.