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adjective
1.
next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
2.
being the latter of two equal parts.
3.
next after the first in place, time, or value: the second house from the corner.
4.
next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance: the second person in the company.
5.
EXPANDalternate: I have my hair cut every second week.
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Grammar. noting or pertaining to the second person.
8.
Music. being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice: second horn; second alto.
9.
other or another: a second Solomon.
10.
COLLAPSEAutomotive. of, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which drive shaft speed is greater than that of low gear but not so great as that of other gears for a given engine crankshaft speed: second gear.
noun
11.
a second part.
12.
the second member of a series.
13.
a person who aids or supports another; assistant; backer.
14.
Boxing. a person who, between rounds of a prizefight, gives aid, advice, etc., to a boxer.
15.
EXPANDa person who serves as a representative or attendant of a duelist.
16.
Automotive. second gear.
17.
a person or thing that is next after the first in place, time, or value.
18.
a person or thing that is next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance.
19.
Usually, seconds. an additional helping of food: He had seconds on the meat and potatoes.
20.
(in parliamentary procedure)
a.
a person who expresses formal support of a motion so that it may be discussed or put to a vote.
b.
an act or instance of doing this.
21.
(in certain British universities) a type or grade of college degree granted according to a student's performance on specific written and oral examinations.
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Music.
a.
a tone on the next degree from a given tone.
b.
the interval between such tones.
c.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
d.
the lower of two parts in a piece of concerted music.
e.
a voice or instrument performing such a part.
f.
an alto.
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Metallurgy. a piece of somewhat defective but salable tin plate.
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COLLAPSEBaseball. second base.
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Seconder
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
verb (used with object)
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to assist or support.
27.
to further or advance, as aims.
28.
(in parliamentary procedure) to express formal support of (a motion, proposal, etc.), as a necessary preliminary to further discussion or to voting.
29.
to act as second to (a boxer, duelist, etc.).
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (adj., noun and adv.) < Old French (adj.) < Latin secundus following, next, second, equivalent to sec- (base of sequī to follow) + -undus adj. suffix
1250–1300; Middle English (adj., noun and adv.) < Old French (adj.) < Latin secundus following, next, second, equivalent to sec- (base of sequī to follow) + -undus adj. suffix
Related forms
sec·ond·er, noun
Synonyms
13. aide, helper, agent, deputy.
13. aide, helper, agent, deputy.
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| second1 (ˈsɛkənd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | a. coming directly after the first in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of two: often written 2nd |
| b. (as noun): the second in line | |
| 2. | rated, graded, or ranked between the first and third levels |
| 3. | alternate: every second Thursday |
| 4. | additional; extra: a second opportunity |
| 5. | resembling a person or event from an earlier period of history; unoriginal: a second Wagner |
| 6. | of lower quality; inferior: belonging to the second class |
| 7. | denoting the lowest but one forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle |
| 8. | music |
| a. relating to or denoting a musical part, voice, or instrument lower in pitch than another part, voice, or instrument (the first): the second tenors | |
| b. of or relating to a part, instrument, or instrumentalist regarded as subordinate to another (the first): the second flute | |
| 9. | at second hand by hearsay |
| —n | |
| 10. | (Brit) education Full term: second-class honours degree an honours degree of the second class, usually further divided into an upper and lower designation |
| 11. | the lowest but one forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle: he changed into second on the bend |
| 12. | (in boxing, duelling, etc) an attendant who looks after a competitor |
| 13. | a speech seconding a motion or the person making it |
| 14. | music |
| a. the interval between one note and another lying next above or below it in the diatonic scale | |
| b. minor major See also interval one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other | |
| 15. | (plural) goods of inferior quality |
| 16. | informal (plural) a second helping of food |
| 17. | (plural) the second course of a meal |
| —vb | |
| 18. | to give aid or backing to |
| 19. | (in boxing, etc) to act as second to (a competitor) |
| 20. | to make a speech or otherwise express formal support for (a motion already proposed) |
| —adv | |
| 21. | Also: secondly in the second place |
| —sentence connector | |
| 22. | Also: secondly as the second point: linking what follows with the previous statement |
| [C13: via Old French from Latin secundus coming next in order, from sequī to follow] | |
| 'seconder1 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
second
"to further, to support," 1586, "to support or represent in a duel, fight, etc.," from M.Fr. seconder, from L. secundare "to assist, make favorable," from secundus "assisting, favorable, following, second" (see second (adj.)). the noun in this sense is first recorded 1590.
EXPANDThe verb in the parliamentary sense is first recorded 1597.
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Medical Dictionary
second sec·ond2 (sěk'ənd)
adj.
Coming next after the first in order, place, rank, time, or quality.
Being the next closest to the innermost digit, especially on the foot.
sec'ond n.
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