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Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
* Landor
Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
* Shakespeare
(with superlative) At the second rank.
After the first occurrence but before the third occurrence.
One that is number two in a series.
One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
The place that is next below first in a race or contest.
(usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
(usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
* 2003 , Sheila Ryan Wallace,
*:The policeman smiled, his eyes twinkling. "Now if you'll follow me, I'll escort you to the Victoria."
"Oh, there's no need of that. If you'll just point me in the right direction..."
That's what got you in trouble the first time around. You don't need a second .
*2009 , Paulette Jiles,
*:Smoky Joe ran against a Houston horse named Cherokee Chief.
“Don't hit him,” Jeanine said to the jockey. “Maybe once. But you don't get a second .”
* 2011 , Karen Miller,
(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
The second gear of an engine.
(baseball) Second base.
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; one-sixtieth of a minute.
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.
(UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
* 1998 — , (Dreamstone Moon) , ch 9
To assist or support; to back.
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.
To follow in the next place; to succeed.
* Fuller
* South
To climb after a lead climber.
One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
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One who agrees in addition, or such a motion, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
(obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.
* J. Fletcher
One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
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*:But that is another''''' story and will be told '''''another time.
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As an adjective second
is number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them the ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.As an adverb second
is (with superlative) at the second rank.As a noun second
is one that is number two in a series or second can be 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; one-sixtieth of a minute or second can be one who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.As a verb second
is (uk) to transfer temporarily to alternative employment.As a determiner another is
one more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.second
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) second, from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
- May the day when we become the second people upon earth be the day of our utter extirpation.
- A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel!
Alternative forms
* (number-two) , IInd; (in names of monarchs and popes) IISynonyms
* (nonstandard) (l)Derived terms
* secondary * second amendment * second base * second baseman * second-best * second cousin * second fiddle * second-guess * second hand * second imperative (Latin grammar) * second-in-command * second nature * second-storey manAdverb
(-)- Saturn is the second largest planet.
- He is batting second today.
Noun
(en noun)- They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds .
- That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds .
The Sea Captain and His Ladies, page 22:
"Oh, there's no need of that. If you'll just point me in the right direction..."
That's what got you in trouble the first time around. You don't need a second .
Stormy Weather, page 37:
“Don't hit him,” Jeanine said to the jockey. “Maybe once. But you don't get a second .”
The Innocent Mage:
- I'll have one chance to show them that's no longer true. One chance ... and if I stumble, I'll not get a second .
Etymology 2
From (etyl)Alternative forms
* (SI unit of time) (abbreviations) s, sec; (symbols) s (SI and non-scientific usage), sec (in non-scientific usage only) * (unit of angle) (abbreviations) arcsec,Noun
(en noun)- I'll be there in a second .
Synonyms
* (unit of angle) second of arc, arcsecond * (colloquial) sec *Derived terms
* leap second * millisecond * nanosecondEtymology 3
From (etyl)Verb
(en verb)- Daniel had still been surprised, however, to find the lab area deserted, all the scientists apparently seconded by Cleomides's military friends.
- We have supplies to second our attempt.
- In human works though laboured on with pain, / A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; / In God's, one single can its end produce, / Yet serves to second too some other use.
- I second the motion.
- In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill.
- Sin is seconded with sin.
Derived terms
* secondment * secondeeNoun
(en noun)- If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second .
- Give second , and my love / Is everlasting thine.
External links
(disambig) * (projectlink) * (projectlink) (time) * * (projectlink)another
English
Alternative forms
* anoda (Jamaican English) * anotha, anotha' (AAVE- eye dialect)Determiner
(head)Philip J. Bushnell
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The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.}}
Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}