second
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- noun
- /ˈsɛkənd/
:
segundo
- The first search was unsuccessful, and a second was conducted using the same procedures.
- a close second
- a distant second
My customers are a distant second to my employees.
- My customers are a distant second to my employees.
- Firefly is a close second, But the Millennium Falcon?
- That's that's what we turn pro in and he got second in the Olympia the next year.
- I still don't know who's first or second, but Jaden Hosler.
- The second, maybe you got a late payment or two or three warped.
Examples
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The second person turns every second light switch off.
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All activities in the first second were repeated in the second session as well.
Academic text (2013) -
But this guy, he was like the second person in.
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The first cat ran away, and the second was hit by a car.
Fiction book (2000) -
My customers are a distant second to my employees.
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You are the second person to reach Marseille.
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We are back, ladies and gentlemen, with our second contestant.
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Former President Opango, from Cuvette, finished a strong second at 27 percent in his home region.
Academic text (1994) -
Unfortunately, Searcher, every second we delay puts Avalonia in grave danger.
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You are the second person to reach the summit of the mountain.
Synonyms
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Next after the first in position, time, or order
135
3.7
Someone or something that is second in order
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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6.0
A person who has a less important role and helps someone more important
Compounds
21
2.8
A child of your parent's first cousin who shares your great-grandparents but not your grandparents
16
4.4
A player who stands near second base and catches or throws the ball to get runners out
6
6.0
A junior officer with the lowest rank in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps
- Specialized
6
3.0
Words that refer to the person or people you speak to, for example 'you'
5
6.3
A meeting of Catholic Church leaders from 1962 to 1965 that changed worship and encouraged talks with other Christian churches
4
4.1
A measure of speed that shows how many kilometers something moves in one second
- Specialized
4
7.0
Energy naturally spreads from hot places to cold ones, increasing disorder
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4.3
A woman who cares for someone like a mother, often with or instead of their own mother
- Archaic
1
7.7
A period in old age when mental decline makes a person behave like a young child
- Specialized
1
6.8
An extra second added to clocks so they match how fast the Earth turns
- Specialized
1
2.8
A unit that shows how many small pieces of information called bits are sent every second
- Informal
1
5.3
A belief that food dropped on the floor for less than two seconds is still safe to eat
- Specialized
A measure of how many billion math calculations a computer does each second
- Specialized
A rule that you can extend any straight line without end in both directions
- Archaic
A unit equal to one thousand cycles per second, now called kilohertz
- Specialized
The distance light travels in one second in empty space, about 300,000 kilometers
- Archaic
A unit equal to one million cycles per second for measuring radio frequencies
- Specialized
A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second
- Specialized
A unit for measuring how fast a computer processor runs, equal to one million instructions per second
- Specialized
A rule that a force changes an object's motion more when the force is bigger or the object is lighter
A person who belongs to a Christian group that believes Christ will return soon
How Close
- Formal
14
5.9
- Formal
1
8.6
- Formal
4
5.5
63
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- Specialized
15
5.1
645
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Second comes from the Latin secundus, meaning 'following' or 'next', so a second is simply the person or thing that comes 'after the first' in a sequence or competition.