ALL meanings of second
sec·ond
S s - noun second time: 60th of a minute 1
- noun second instant, brief moment 1
- noun second next after the first 1
- adjective second coming after the first 1
- adjective second another 1
- adverb second in 2nd position, place 1
- noun second 2nd day of the month 1
- adjective second music: instrumentalists 1
- adjective second automotive: of 2nd gear 1
- abbreviation SECOND secondly 1
- noun second boxer's assistant 1
- noun second automotive: gear 1
- noun second baseball: base 1
- noun second baseball: position 1
- noun second music: interval 1
- noun second sixtieth part of a degree 1
- noun second 2nd monarch with specified name 1
- noun plural second another helping of food 1
- noun plural second remaindered clothing 1
- transitive verb second assist, support 1
- transitive verb second support, agree with 1
- transitive verb second military: transfer 1
- adjective second next after the first; being the ordinal number for two. 1
- adjective second being the latter of two equal parts. 1
- adjective second next after the first in place, time, or value: the second house from the corner. 1
- adjective second next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance: the second person in the company. 1
- adjective second alternate: I have my hair cut every second week. 1
- adjective second inferior. 1
- adjective second Grammar. noting or pertaining to the second person. 1
- adjective second Music. being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice: second horn; second alto. 1
- adjective second other or another: a second Solomon. 1
- adjective second Automotive. of, relating 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. 1
- noun second the sixtieth part of a minute of time. 1
- noun second a moment or instant: It takes only a second to phone. 1
- noun second the basic unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation in a transition, or energy level change, of the cesium atom. Symbol: s, S; Abbreviation: sec. 1
- noun second Geometry, Astronomy. the sixtieth part of a minute of angular measure, often represented by the sign ″, as in 30″, which is read as 30 seconds. Compare angle1 (def 1c). 1
- verb with object second British. to transfer (an officer, official, or the like) temporarily to another post. 1
- adverb second in the second place, group, etc.; secondly: The catcher is batting second. 1
- countable noun second 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 very short time. 0
- ordinal number second The second item in a series is the one that you count as number two. 0
- ordinal number second Second is used before superlative adjectives to indicate that there is only one thing better or larger than the thing you are referring to. 0
- adverb second You say second when you want to make a second point or give a second reason for something. 0
- countable noun second In Britain, an upper second is a good honours degree and a lower second is an average honours degree. 0
- noun plural second If you have seconds, you have a second helping of food. 0
- countable noun second Seconds are goods that are sold cheaply in shops because they have slight faults. 0
- countable noun second The seconds of someone who is taking part in a boxing match or chess tournament are the people who assist and encourage them. 0
- verb second If you second a proposal in a meeting or debate, you formally express your agreement with it so that it can then be discussed or voted on. 0
- verb second If you second what someone has said, you say that you agree with them or say the same thing yourself. 0
- verb second If you are seconded somewhere, you are sent there temporarily by your employer in order to do special duties. 0
- adjective second coming directly after the first in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of two: often written 2nd 0