second
Meaning
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- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
Synonyms
in the second place
B party
very short time
one after next
measure of time
proceed with
actor’s assistant
eye blink
second of exchange
mail out
2nd base
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sec‧ond
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsɛkənd/
Etymology
From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“I follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)).
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