Word Finder - second

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Something that is number two in a series.

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Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.

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The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.

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(usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.

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They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.

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(usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.

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That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.

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A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)

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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).

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The second gear of an engine.

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Second base.

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The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.

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A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.

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• seconder

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To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)

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I second the motion.

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To follow in the next place; to succeed.

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To climb after a lead climber.

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Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.

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He lives on Second Street.

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Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

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Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.

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Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.

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(with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.

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Saturn is the second largest planet.

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After the first occurrence but before the third.

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He is batting second today.

A second and a third cannon ball flew past.

He moves to second floor.

Why would the second guy put himself at such risk?

In the second place, I'm not going to play doctor.

Our second choice is fingering the abductor.

In a second bedroom, he sees himself, cowering beneath the cover, and biting back tears.

The second is through the division of labor and free trade.

By the end of the second day, she had adapted to the guests and felt completely at ease - a state that Claudette apparently wanted to shatter.

Say the second country requires the business to do none of those things.

Was he having second thoughts as well?

His second had training for the day.

The second methodology error that futurists often commit is the exact opposite of the first.

The second man's hand clamped on the first man's shoulder.

The second week slipped by without change.

Second, who's your sponsor?

One second she was falling head over heels, the next rolling on her side.

When the second act was over Countess Bezukhova rose, turned to the Rostovs' box--her whole bosom completely exposed--beckoned the old count with a gloved finger, and paying no attention to those who had entered her box began talking to him with an amiable smile.

We agreed to stop, eat and bed down for our second night in captivity.

He entered the second number and came to the final keypad.

Aggravated by her second display of defiance in one night, he crossed to her and planted his hands on either side of her chair, demanding her attention.

The dress moved with her like a second skin, draping her curves and swishing silently around her legs.

The second put his weapon away and darted off down another hallway.

But the mine has a second entrance.

Every second of your life will be worse than the last.

She whipped around at the voice of the second demon.

With the second demon holding her, he closed the distance.

Second, as technology advances, it will make things in the physical world fall in price.

But I am running on too long and am at the end of my second sheet.

The first army, with which was the Emperor, occupied the fortified camp at Drissa; the second army was retreating, trying to effect a junction with the first one from which it was said to be cut off by large French forces.

What was left of Darian went up in the second funeral pile in his honor.

Deidre emerged in her room, a full second before Darkyn did.

The crack of the wooden door registered a short second before his hand gripped her throat.

A portal was open, and the second death dealer was waiting.

The second dealer was moving closer, and she couldn't free herself from the thick arm wrapped around her.

Violence and command weren't second nature to Darkyn; they were his first.

The second most powerful deity and the second most restricted.

On second thought, maybe that would have been fun!

Cynthia thought a second or two, careful with her answer.

The couple was honeymooning on a second marriage.

Cynthia explained this was a second marriage and her first husband had died.

It came in the form of a drone who told him in her second language that information of that kind was not available.

However, they needed more supplies—additional batteries, a second flashlight, and marking chalk—all to be purchased at the variety store, which didn't open until eight o'clock.

To Dean, the tunnel was even more claustrophobic as he hunched forward, taking baby steps like a second grade schoolyard game.

Cynthia looked to her husband for agreement but before he could second her suggestion, Westlake once again jammed the old vehicle in gear.

Jennifer, ignorant to the significance of the second entrance, expressed little interest in the opening.

Them auctions are a second home to him.

While Fred was outside picking a boutonniere for the occasion, his now marginally wealthy flame of fame—locally at least— called a second time.

Dean lied that he'd miss them and strolled into the kitchen where Cynthia and Maria were enjoying a second breakfast.

He hated the idea but understood the necessity, especially after finding the second compass in the hands of demons within a week.

A second demon appeared behind Darkyn.