Second

Adjective

 * 1) The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
 * 2) Number-two; following immediately after the first one.
 * He lives on Second Street.
 * The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".
 * 1) That which comes after the first.
 * You take the first one, and I'll have the second.

Alternative forms

 * 2nd, 2nd, 2d, II, IInd, IInd

Derived terms

 * secondary
 * second amendment
 * second base
 * second baseman
 * second-best
 * second cousin
 * second fiddle


 * second-guess
 * second hand
 * second imperative
 * second-in-command
 * second nature
 * second-storey man

Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 1)  An additional helping of food.
 * That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.
 * 1) Another chance to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
 * 2)  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).
 * 3) The second gear of an engine.
 * 4)  Second base.
 * 5)  A dueller's assistant.

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
 * 3) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
 * I'll be there in a second.

Synonyms

 * second of arc, arcsecond
 * sec

Derived terms

 * leap second
 * millisecond
 * nanosecond

Verb

 * 1)  Transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
 * 2) * 1998 — Paul Leonard, Dreamstone Moon, ch 9
 * Daniel had still been surprised, however, to find the lab area deserted, all the scientists apparently seconded by Cleomides's military friends.
 * 1)  To assist.
 * 2)  To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.
 * I second the motion.

Derived terms

 * secondment
 * secondee

Noun

 * 1) The attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match, who must be ready to take over if the contestant drops out. In the case of a duel, the seconds may also fight each other at 90° to the other contestants.
 * 2) One who agrees in addition, or such a motion, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
 * If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.

Adjectives for Second
condemned; supercharged; frozen; significant; reckless; precise; fleeting; precious; recaptured; wasted; breathless.

Thesaurus
B, Janus-like, Maecenas, OK, abettor, abundant year, academic year, accept, accredit, acolyte, adjutant, admirer, advance, advocate, affirm, aficionado, agent, aid, aide, aide-de-camp, aider, alternate, alternative, ambidextrous, amen, angel, annum, another, apologist, approve, approve of, assign, assist, assistant, attendant, authenticate, authorize, autograph, auxiliary, back, back up, backer, best man, bifacial, bifold, biform, bilateral, binary, binate, biparous, bissextile year, bivalent, breath, buff, calendar month, calendar year, century, certify, champion, coadjutant, coadjutor, coadjutress, coadjutrix, common year, conduplicate, confirm, consecutive intervals, cosign, countersign, coup, crack, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective, defective year, defender, degree, dependence, deputy, diapason, diatessaron, diatonic interval, diatonic semitone, disomatous, double, double-faced, dual, duple, duplex, duplicate, encourage, encourager, endorse, endorser, enharmonic diesis, enharmonic interval, espouse, executive officer, exponent, fan, favor, favorer, fifth, fiscal year, flash, following, fortnight, fourth, friend at court, geminate, geminated, get behind, get in behind, girl Friday, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the imprimatur, give thumbs up, go along with, half a jiffy, half a mo, half a second, half a shake, half step, halftone, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, hour, initial, instant, interval, irregular, jiff, jiffy, later, leap year, less semitone, lieutenant, lover, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, mainstay, maintainer, man Friday, man-hour, melodic interval, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, move, newer, next, notarize, note, number two, octave, other, parallel octaves, paranymph, paraprofessional, partisan, pass, pass on, pass upon, patron, patronize, permit, promote, promoter, protagonist, quarter, quinquennium, ratify, regular year, reliance, relocate, right hand, rubber stamp, run interference for, sanction, say amen to, schlock, schmatte, seal, sec, second-best, secondarily, secondary, seconder, secondly, sectary, semester, semitone, servant, session, seventh, shake, shift, side with, sideman, sider, sidereal year, sign, sign and seal, sixth, solar year, split second, sponsor, stalwart, stand back of, stand behind, stand by, stand-in, standby, step, stick by, stick up for, stroke, subordinate, subscribe to, subsequent, substitute, sun, support, supporter, supporting actor, supporting instrumentalist, surrogate, sustainer, swear and affirm, swear to, sympathizer, take sides with, term, third, tick, tone, transfer, trice, trimester, twelvemonth, twin, twink, twinkle, twinkling, twinned, twitch, two shakes, two-faced, two-level, two-ply, two-sided, two-story, twofold, undersign, understudy, underwrite, unison interval, upholder, validate, visa, vise, votary, warrant, week, weekday, well-wisher, whole step, wink, year, younger

Etymology 1
From seconde:, from  secundus:, from root of sequi:, from.

Etymology 2
From seconde:, from  secunda:, short for secunda pars minuta:

Alternative forms

 * s, sec; s (SI and non-scientific usage), sec (in non-scientific usage only)
 * arcsec, "

Etymology 3
From seconder:, from  secundo:

Pronunciation

 * Transfer temporarily


 * Assist, Agree

Adjective

 * Albanian: dytë
 * Ancient Greek:
 * Arabic: ثان,  ثان, ثانية
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: bigarren
 * Belarusian: другі
 * Bengali: দ্বিতীয়
 * Breton: eil, daouvet
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 第二
 * Crimean Tatar: ekinci
 * Croatian: drugi, druga, drugo
 * Czech:
 * Danish: anden, næst-
 * Dutch: tweede
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ; ,
 * German: zweiter
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שני
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: annar
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: kedua
 * Interlingua: secunde
 * Irish: dóú; dara
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 第二, 二番目
 * Korean:


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: دوه‌م
 * Latgalian: ,
 * Latin:, altrum
 * Latvian: otrais, otrā
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: втор
 * Manchu: (juweci), (jai), (jaici)
 * Manx: derrey
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: دوم
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: secund, al doilea
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an, an
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: други
 * Roman: drugi
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: икенче
 * Turkish: ikinci
 * Ukrainian: другий
 * Urdu: دوسرا
 * Uyghur: ئىككىنچى
 * Vietnamese: thứ, hai, thứ nhì,
 * Volapük: telid
 * Welsh: ail
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: bigarren
 * Catalan:
 * Crimean Tatar: ekinci
 * Czech: druhý
 * Danish: nummer to,anden
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שני (sheni)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: kedua
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 二番目 (nibanme)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: دوه‌م
 * Lithuanian: ,


 * Macedonian: втор
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: രണ്ടാമത്തെ (raNtaamathe)
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an, an
 * Sindhi:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tatar: икенче
 * Telugu: రెండవ (reMDava)
 * Thai: (têe sŏng)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: (cái, vật, chiếc...) thứ hai
 * West Frisian: (Alone = secondly, no article. If substituted for a noun, gender agrees with referent.)


 * : secundus

Noun

 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: sekundavare
 * Dutch: tweede keus
 * Finnish:, kakkoslaatu
 * French: article de second choix
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: seconda scelta


 * Japanese: B級品
 * Macedonian: второстепена стока
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: రెండోరకం (reMDOrakaM)


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: toinen mahdollisuus
 * Italian: seconda chance, seconda possibilità


 * Maltese: it-tieni darba
 * Swahili:


 * Catalan:
 * German: Sekunde
 * Hebrew: ,


 * Icelandic:
 * Russian:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:, kakkosvaihde
 * Greek: δεύτερη
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Macedonian: втора
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri: saniyə
 * Basque: segundo
 * Belarusian: секунда
 * Bengali:
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: sekund
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: שניה
 * Hindi:, सैकंड
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: detik, sekon
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:


 * Korean: 초
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: چرکه‌, سانیه
 * Lao:
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: ,
 * Maltese:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ثانیه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: secundă
 * Romansch: secunda
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: diog
 * Sindhi: (sekondo)
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Swiss German:
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: సెకండు (sekaMDu), సెకను (sekanu)
 * Thai: วินาที
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: секунда
 * Urdu: سیکنڈ
 * Uyghur: سېكۇنت
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: sekun
 * Welsh:, eiliad
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: סעקונדע


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שניה (shnia)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 秒 (びょう, byō)
 * Latvian:


 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: soiceand
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: సెకండు (sekaMDu), సెకను (sekanu)
 * Thai: (wínaatee)
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: giây (góc)


 * Armenian:, պահ
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Czech:, , ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: שניה (shnia)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: momentum
 * Macedonian:, ,


 * Maltese: ,
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: diog
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: క్షణం (kshaNaM)
 * Thai: (wínaatee)
 * Vietnamese: giây lát, một chốc, một lúc
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:


 * : bremaik adverb, eilenn, eilennoù
 * : hetk, sekund, sekundant, silmapilk, moment, teine, teise sordi kaup, viiv
 * : secunda, instante
 * : (miyori)
 * : drugi, gatunek , sekundant
 * : secund, secundă
 * Cyrillic: секунда, секунд
 * Roman: sekunda, sekund
 * : moment, momentík , sekunda , sekundant , sekundantka
 * : moment, momentík , sekunda , sekundant , sekundantka

Verb

 * Finnish: komentaa, siirtää komennukselle
 * Greek: αποσπώ
 * Italian: ,


 * Russian: командировать, откомандировать , откомандировывать


 * Danish: støtte, sekundere, bakke op
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: toetama
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: υποστηρίζω
 * Interlingua: secundar
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, , ,


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, поддержать
 * Slovak: podporiť, vyjadriť súhlas
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Vietnamese: ,

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: μάρτυρας
 * Hungarian: segéd
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese: (người) phụ tá, người săn sóc


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:


 * Sindhi: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: người ủng hộ, người tán thành

Anagrams

 * coends, sconed

Adjective

 * « Chiquita! Chiquita! » À la seconde appellation, une fillette maigre et hâve (...) s'avança vers Agostin. (Gautier, Fracasse, 1863)
 * une seconde possibilité &mdash; a second possibility, another possibility
 * une seconde possibilité &mdash; a second possibility, another possibility

Synonyms

 * deuxième

Noun

 * 1) assistant
 *  Je m'attachai aux pas de miss Harriet et lui servis de second dans le classement du linge. (Gobineau, Pléiades, 1874)

Synonyms

 * adjoint, aide, assistant

Alternative forms

 * 2e

Etymology
From secundus:; related to sequi:.

Anagrams

 * cédons, condés