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Second

adjective

1.

Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude. Synonyms: 2d, 2nd.

2.

A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first. "The second violins"

noun

1.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. Synonyms: s, sec.

2.

An indefinitely short time. Synonyms: bit, minute, mo, moment. "In a mo" , "It only takes a minute" , "In just a bit"

3.

The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield. Synonym: second base.

4.

A particular point in time. Synonyms: instant, minute, moment.

5.

Following the first in an ordering or series.

6.

A 60th part of a minute of arc. Synonym: arcsecond.

7.

The official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match.

8.

A speech seconding a motion. Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement, secondment.

9.

The gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle. Synonym: second gear.

10.

Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name. Synonym: irregular.

verb

(past & past part. seconded; pres. part. seconding)

1.

Give support or one's approval to. Synonyms: back, endorse, indorse. "I can't back this plan" , "Endorse a new project"

2.

Transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment.

adverb

1.

In the second place. Synonym: secondly.

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"Second" Quotes from Famous Books

... behind me; but I offered no explanation, and he asked none. Shame at my neglect of his warning, and a horror which shrunk from even alluding to its cause, kept me silent; till, on the evening of the second day, some noble words from my companion roused all my heart; and I was at the point of falling on his neck, and telling him the whole story; seeking, if not for helpful advice, for of that I was hopeless, yet for the comfort of sympathy—when round slid the shadow and inwrapt my friend; ...

— Phantastes - A Faerie Romance for Men and Women • George MacDonald

... the morning, and felt so tired and dejected as to make her sensible that she was cast loose from home and friends when no one troubled her with remarks or inquiries such as she could hardly have answered. However, when, on the evening of the second day's journey, Anne was set down at Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe's house at Westminster, she met with ...

— A Reputed Changeling • Charlotte M. Yonge

... cried Gluck, convulsed with laughter. "I followed his advice. I sprinkled the choruses with trumpet and drum, and the second time the opera came out ...

— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach

... of it as hoo-hoo-hoo. Scully syllabises it as till-low, till-low, till-low. Perhaps the best description of the note is that it is a mournful wailing, pee-yu, pee-yu, pee-yu. Some like the note, and consider it both striking and pleasant. Others would leave out the second adjective. Not a few regard the cry as the reverse of pleasant, and consider the bird a nuisance. As the bird is always on the move—its call at one moment ascends from the depths of a leafy valley and at the next emanates from a tree on the summit of some hill—the note does ...

— Birds of the Indian Hills • Douglas Dewar

... contributed many articles in prose and verse to the "Atlantic Monthly," and several to "The Dial," a second periodical of that name published in Cincinnati. Some of these have been, or will be, ...

— Ralph Waldo Emerson • Oliver Wendell Holmes

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