Seconds
/ˈsɛkəndz/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:12 pts7 letters
Definition of Seconds
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.
- (usually in the plural) 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."
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
"That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds."
verb
noun
- One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined 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."
noun
verb
- To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
"The army officer was seconded while he held civil office."
- To assist or support; to back.
- To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)
"I second the motion."
- To accompany by singing as the second performer.
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secondersecarcsecondsecond of arcwords used as placeholders to count seconds