second

  • 21Second — This article is about the unit of time. For other uses, see Second (disambiguation). A light flashing approximately once per second. The second (SI unit symbol: s; informal abbreviation: sec) is a unit of measurement of time, and is the… …

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  • 22second — sec|ond1 W1S1 [ˈsekənd] number 1.) the second person, thing, event etc is the one that comes after the first ▪ the Second World War ▪ the second of August ▪ a second year student ▪ his second wife ▪ Clinton s second term in office ▪ the second… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23second — 1. n., adj., & v. n. 1 the position in a sequence corresponding to that of the number 2 in the sequence 1 2. 2 something occupying this position. 3 the second person etc. in a race or competition. 4 Mus. a an interval or chord spanning two… …

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  • 24SECOND — ONDE. adj. ordinal. Deuxième, qui est immédiatement après le premier. (Dans ce mot et dans ses dérivés, le C se prononce comme un G, surtout dans la conversation. ) Il n est pas le premier, il n est que le second. Tome second. Le second livre. Le …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 25second — second1 seconder, n. /sek euhnd/, adj. 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… …

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  • 26second — I PART OF A MINUTE ♦ seconds N COUNT (Pronounced [[t]se̱kənd[/t]] in second 1 and 2, and [[t]sɪkɒ̱nd[/t]] in second 3.) A second is one of the sixty parts that a minute is divided into. People often say a second or seconds when they simply mean a …

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  • 27second — I adj. inferior 1) second to (second to none) placing after the first 2) to come in second (in a race) II n. one who ranks after the first 1) a close second assistant 2) a second to smb. 3) (misc.) seconds away! (in wrestling); seconds out! (in… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 28second — sec|ond1 [ sekənd ] number *** 1. ) in the place or position counted as number two: This is the second program in a series on rural health. His horse finished second in the Kentucky Derby. second largest/biggest/most important etc.: Goteborg is… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 29second — 1 number 1 2nd; the person, thing, event etc after the first one: His second goal was from a penalty. | a second year student at University | In the second of a series of programmes we look at the role of women in industry. | the second… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30second — I UK [ˈsekənd] / US noun [countable] Word forms second : singular second plural seconds *** 1) a) an extremely short period of time that is one of the 60 parts in a minute She won the 400 metres race in 51 seconds. Each commercial lasts for 30… …

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