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Second order

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secondarynounNext in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
second-class(neutral or mildly positive connotation) Of a standard or grade one level below the best.
minornounLesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
secondernounThe person who makes a second to a motion in any formal procedure, such as a parliamentary procedure.
secondingverbThe agreement of a second person to an initial proposal or motion.
second bestnounInferior to the best (but better than other alternatives).
second classnounA class of travel, inferior to first class.
secundonoun(music) The secondary part of a duet.
secondlyIn the second place.
number twonounA primary assistant; vice-leader.
second personnoun(grammar) The form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is the audience. In English, the second person is used with the pronouns thou and you. In many languages the singular, applying to one person, and plural, applying to several people, are distinct.
secondarilyIn a secondary manner or degree.
secondedverb(transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
secondariesnounThe state of being secondary.
second thoughtnounthinking again about a choice previously made
second comingnoun(Christianity) The prophesied return of Jesus Christ.
secondhand(of goods) Not new; previously owned and used by another.
second naturenoun(idiomatic) A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.
second guessverbAlternative form of second-guess. [(transitive) To vet or evaluate; to criticize or correct, often by hindsight, by presuming to have a better idea, method, etc.]
second sightnounAn additional sense beyond the five normal ones; the ability to see things that are not detectable by normal sight; clairvoyance; extrasensory perception.

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