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noun

the next to the best in performance, achievement, craftsmanship, etc.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English

Related forms

sec·ond-best, adjective

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second best
noun
the competitor who finishes second [syn: runner-up]

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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