Second
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Second
Adjective
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
"He lives on Second Street."
- 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.
"Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina."
Adverb
Noun
- Something that is number two in a series.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
"They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds."
- An additional helping of food.
"That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds."
Verb
Noun
- A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- A short, indeterminate amount of time.
"I'll be there in a second."
Verb
- To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
"The army officer was seconded while he held civil office."
- To assist or support; to back.
- (Should we move, merge or split this sense?) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
"I second the motion."
- To accompany by singing as the second performer.
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