second
- noun
- /ˈsɛkənd/
- The first search was unsuccessful, and a second was conducted using the same procedures.
- a close second
- a distant second
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- 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
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
How Close
- Formal
- Formal
- Formal
- Specialized
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.