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| Sounds | seh'kahn; seh'kahnd |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
| abandoned, aforementioned, almond, and 133 more rhymes in ahnd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude. |
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| Synonyms | 2nd, 2d |
| Similar to | ordinal |
| Meaning | Coming next after first. |
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| Examples | "a second chance"; "the second vice president" |
| Similar to | intermediate |
| Meaning | A part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first. |
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| Examples | "second flute"; "the second violins" |
| Category | music |
| Contrary | first |
| Meaning | Having the second highest gear ratio. |
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| Examples | "second gear" |
| Similar to | forward |
| Meaning | 1/60 of a minute. The basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites. |
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| Synonyms | sec, s |
| Part of | minute, min |
| Parts | millisecond, msec |
| Narrower | leap second |
| Broader | time unit, unit of time |
| Meaning | An indefinitely short time. |
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| Synonyms | moment, minute, bit |
| Narrower | blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute |
| Broader | time |
| Meaning | The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 2nd base. |
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| Synonyms | second base |
| Member of | baseball team |
| Broader | position |
| Meaning | A particular point in time. |
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| Synonyms | moment, minute, instant |
| Narrower | climax, culmination; eleventh hour, last minute; moment of truth; moment of truth; pinpoint; time; psychological moment |
| Broader | point, point in time |
| Meaning | Following the first in an ordering or series. |
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| Examples | "he came in a close second" |
| Narrower | latter |
| Broader | rank |
| Meaning | A 60th part of a minute of arc. |
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| Examples | "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here" |
| Synonyms | arcsecond |
| Part of | minute, arcminute, minute of arc |
| Broader | angular unit |
| Meaning | The official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match. |
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| Broader | attendant, attender, tender |
| Meaning | A speech seconding a motion. |
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| Examples | "do I hear a second?" |
| Synonyms | secondment, endorsement, indorsement |
| Broader | agreement |
| Verbs | second |
| Meaning | The gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle. |
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| Examples | "he had to shift down into second to make the hill" |
| Synonyms | second gear |
| Part of | motor vehicle, automotive vehicle |
| Broader | gear, gear mechanism |
| Meaning | Merchandise that has imperfections. Usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name. |
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| Synonyms | irregular |
| Broader | merchandise, wares, product |
| Meaning | In the second place. |
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| Examples | "second, we must consider the economy" |
| Synonyms | secondly |
| Meaning | Give support or one's approval to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "I'll second that motion" |
| Synonyms | back, endorse, indorse |
| Broader | support, back up |
| Similar to | back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support |
| Nouns | second, secondment; seconder |
| Meaning | Transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The officer was seconded for duty overseas" |
| Broader | transfer, reassign |
| Nouns | secondment |