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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?
strike
Verb
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When you hit something, you strike it.
If you strike a person, it will hurt.
He struck the boy with his hand.
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When an idea strikes you, it occurs to you suddenly or with force.
To play with fire strikes me as a bad idea.
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When a clock rings a bell to tell you the time, the clock strikes the time.
The children ran out of the school when the clock struck twelve.
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A disease can strike a person. That person is stricken with disease.
The child was stricken with a serious blood disease.
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When you strike a part from a document, it is stricken from the document.
The errors were stricken from the dictionary.
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When bad luck strikes you, you are stricken with bad luck.
strike
Noun
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When a group of people stop working to improve or defend their working conditions or pay, they go on strike.
Every secretary at the company went on strike for better pay.