second
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈsɛkənd/
:
en segundo lugar
- Second, new economic and military powers, such as Brazil, China, and India, are entering the field.
- Second, teachers
- Second, children
- Second, teachers reported
He says, second, it shall not be beyond our means.
- He says, second, it shall not be beyond our means.
Examples
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Second, trial resumes on Monday.
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Second, we need eyeballs on that plane.
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Second, I can get it to the right people.
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Second, after I did do that, I put it back!
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Second, the tribes included in the study are among the largest in the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
Second, 93.5% of children with special health care needs had a personal doctor or nurse.
Academic text (2011) -
Second, the elections put the Democrats on the defensive on their own signature initiative.
Academic text (2011) -
Second, it examines the role of trade union workplace representation within local industrial relations.
Academic text (2011) -
Second, we conducted our study in a real-world setting using a motivated sample of learners.
Academic text (2011) -
The teacher said, "First, we will discuss grammar; second, we will practice writing."
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
8
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
2
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
Surface Forms
Etymology
Second comes from Latin secundus, meaning 'next' or 'following', which is why we use second to introduce the 'next' point in a list or argument.