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SECOND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)
Holonyms ("second" is a member of...):
baseball team (a team that plays baseball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
Synonyms:
irregular; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
Example:
he had to shift down into second to make the hill
Synonyms:
second; second gear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
gear; gear mechanism (a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle))
Holonyms ("second" is a part of...):
automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A speech seconding a motion
Example:
do I hear a second?
Synonyms:
endorsement; indorsement; second; secondment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
agreement (the verbal act of agreeing)
Derivation:
second (give support or one's approval to)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A 60th part of a minute of arc
Example:
the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here
Synonyms:
arcsecond; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)
Holonyms ("second" is a part of...):
arcminute; minute; minute of arc (a unit of angular distance equal to a 60th of a degree)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Following the first in an ordering or series
Example:
he came in a close second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
rank (relative status)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "second"):
latter (the second of two or the second mentioned of two)
Derivation:
second (coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude)
Sense 8
Meaning:
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Synonyms:
s; sec; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
time unit; unit of time (a unit for measuring time periods)
Meronyms (parts of "second"):
millisecond; msec (one thousandth (10^-3) of a second)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "second"):
leap second (a second (as measured by an atomic clock) added to or subtracted from Greenwich Mean Time in order to compensate for slowing in the Earth's rotation)
Holonyms ("second" is a part of...):
min; minute (a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A particular point in time
Example:
the moment he arrived the party began
Synonyms:
instant; minute; moment; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
point; point in time (an instant of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "second"):
climax; culmination (the decisive moment in a novel or play)
eleventh hour; last minute (the latest possible moment)
moment of truth (a crucial moment on which much depends)
moment of truth (the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull)
pinpoint (a very brief moment)
time (a suitable moment)
psychological moment (the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect)
Sense 10
Meaning:
An indefinitely short time
Example:
in just a bit
Synonyms:
bit; minute; mo; moment; second
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("second" is a kind of...):
time (an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "second"):
blink of an eye; flash; heartbeat; instant; jiffy; New York minute; split second; trice; twinkling; wink (a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat))
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
Example:
the second violins
Classified under:
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Antonym:
first (highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
ordinal (being or denoting a numerical order in a series)
Derivation:
second (following the first in an ordering or series)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they second ... he / she / it seconds
Past simple: seconded
Past participle: seconded
-ing form: seconding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment
Example:
The officer was seconded for duty overseas
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "second" is one way to...):
reassign; transfer (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
secondment (the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Give support or one's approval to
Example:
endorse a new project
Synonyms:
back; endorse; indorse; second
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "second" is one way to...):
back up; support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)
Verb group:
back; endorse; indorse; plump for; plunk for; support (be behind; approve of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
second (a speech seconding a motion)
seconder (someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote)
secondment (a speech seconding a motion)
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the second place
Example:
second, we must consider the economy
Synonyms:
second; secondly
Classified under:
Context examples:
All things therefore seemed to point to this; that I was slowly losing hold of my original and better self, and becoming slowly incorporated with my second and worse.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But, in the second place, why did you not come at once?
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And when the second eye was done I could see much better than before.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
“No, read it yourself,” cried Catherine, whose second thoughts were clearer.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Second one vamped up for the occasion.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He watched me a second, then saying, "Remember! No conversation," he left the room.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A concentration unit equal to one micromole of solute in one liter of solution per unit of time equal to one second.
(Micromole Per Liter Per Second, NCI Thesaurus)
“It is the second most interesting object that I have seen in the North.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This was Zapata's second attempt to cross the Channel on the Flyboard Air.
(French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses English Channel on jet-powered hoverboard, Wikinews)
“There is the gravel-drive, and there are the rose-bushes where I lay. That second window is the one that I jumped from.”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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