second
- adjective
- /ˈsɛkənd/
- She finished the race in second place, just behind the winner.
- second grade
- second time
- second year
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Watch on YouTubeMy start date is the second quarter of next year.
- My start date is the second quarter of next year.
- Today's guest, this is his second time being here.
- This is like my second baby and they're twins.
- So in this case, a Dorian, it's the second mode of G major.
- I doubt you've heard of the second one, but maybe you have.
- Teacher turns on the TV and then the second tower goes down.
- And then you have the second second people.
Examples
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My start date is the second quarter of next year.
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We will start now with our second set of panelists.
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By the way, when will your second book be released?
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So why is it this second most important part?
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So now we go up to the second floor.
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Applications approved by this committee move on to the second stage of the approval process.
Academic text (2008) -
These are first, second, and third grade readers.
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Today's guest, this is his second time being here.
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It is the second door on the left.
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You don't get a second chance.
Synonyms
Coming immediately after this one in time or order
Next in order or time, often about to be mentioned
Someone or something that is second in order
Next after the first in position, time, or order
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A person who has a less important role and helps someone more important
Compounds
A child of your parent's first cousin who shares your great-grandparents but not your grandparents
A player who stands near second base and catches or throws the ball to get runners out
A junior officer with the lowest rank in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps
A meeting of Catholic Church leaders from 1962 to 1965 that changed worship and encouraged talks with other Christian churches
- Specialized
Energy naturally spreads from hot places to cold ones, increasing disorder
A measure of speed that shows how many kilometers something moves in one second
An upper seating area at the back of a theatre with the least expensive seats
A woman who cares for someone like a mother, often with or instead of their own mother
- Specialized
Words that refer to the person or people you speak to, for example 'you'
- Specialized
A stomach part in animals like cows that helps break down plant food
- Archaic
A period in old age when mental decline makes a person behave like a young child
- Specialized
A unit that shows how many small pieces of information called bits are sent every second
- Specialized
A rule that says how a force makes an object move faster depending on its mass
- Specialized
A rule that a force changes an object's motion more when the force is bigger or the object is lighter
- Specialized
The distance light travels in one second in empty space, about 300,000 kilometers
- Jargon
A system or tool that stores information to help you remember and organize things
- Specialized
An extra second added to clocks so they match how fast the Earth turns
A war between China and Japan from 1894 to 1895 that ended in a clear Japanese victory
A military campaign by European Christians in the 1100s to take back the Holy Land that failed because leaders fought
- Specialized
A unit for measuring how fast a computer processor runs, equal to one million instructions per second
A church meeting in 787 that stopped destroying religious images and allowed their use in worship
Surface Forms
Etymology
Second comes from the Latin word secundus, which means 'following' or 'next', the same idea you see in words like sequel. So second means 'next after the first' in order or rank.