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2nd

2nd

804 1.0
Next after the first in position, time, or order
  • adjective
translation icon : segundo
  • The participants were 21 undergraduate music education majors, all in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year of study.
  • 2nd edition
  • 2nd ed.
  • 2nd year

So we, we are on our second go in life as adults.

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Examples

  • I'm a 2nd year college student.

    Late Bloomer (2004)

  • Come on, come to the second show that has been added.

  • Not your first, not your second, but your third.

  • I still cannot believe that we get to launch our second season from Hollywood.

  • We've just got to the second beach of the day.

  • Stanford sent the second largest contingent to Mississippi.

    Stanford

  • The New Learning Commons Where Learners Win. 2nd Edition. Learning Commons Press, 2011. Distributed by http://lmcsource.com.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The 2nd chapter of the book provides important background information.

  • For the 2nd time, she forgot her keys at home.

  • He finished the race in 2nd place, just behind the winner.

Synonyms

second
vs2nd
∞ 1.0

Coming after the first in order

is the same meaning but written as the ordinal number form

Compounds

2nd lieutenant
7.0

A junior officer with the lowest rank in the Army, Air Force, or Marines

Surface Forms

2nd positive
second positive

Morphology

2nd = 2 (transparent) = 2 + nd

The orthographic ordinal marker '-nd' attached to the numeral '2' clearly marks the ordinal form 'second'; this is a straightforward numeral-to-ordinal formation.

Etymology

The word 2nd is a short form of second, which comes from the old Latin word secundus meaning 'following' or 'next after'. So 2nd simply shows the thing (a floor, a day, a place) that comes 'after' the first.