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Seconds

/ˈsɛkəndz/

Something that is number two in a series.

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📖 Definitions of "Seconds"

noun

1
Something that is number two in a series.
2
Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
3
The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
4
(usually in the plural) 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."

verb

1
To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)
"I second the motion."
2
To follow in the next place; to succeed.
3
To climb after a lead climber.

noun

1
One-sixtieth of a minute; 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.
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."

noun

1
One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
2
One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
"If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second."
3
Aid; assistance; help.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Seconds"

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Word	Definition
secnoun	(informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
momentnoun	A particular point of time; an instant.
instantnoun	A very short period of time; a moment.
intermediatenoun	Anything in an intermediate position.
endorsementnoun	The act or quality of endorsing
endorsenoun	(heraldry) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
indorseverb	(British, India, rare) Alternative form of endorse. [(transitive) To express support or approval, especially officially or publicly; to give an endorsement.]
forwardnoun	(rugby) One of the eight players (comprising two props, one hooker, two locks, two flankers and one number eight, collectively known as the pack) whose primary task is to gain and maintain possession of the ball (compare back).
backnoun	(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
2nd	Abbreviation of second. [Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.]
irregularnoun	A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics.
ordinalnoun	An ordinal number such as first, second and third.
2dnoun	(British, Ireland, etc., historical) Abbreviation of two pence, tuppence (in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'two new pence').
snoun	(set theory) An axiomatic set theory, developed by logician George Boolos, in which several of the axioms of ZF are derivable as theorems.
minutenoun	A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
arcsecondnoun	A unit of angle; 1/60th of an arcminute, or 1/3600th of a degree.
second gearnoun	The second of the available gears in a transmission or other gearbox.
bitnoun	(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
second basenoun	(baseball) The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield.
segnoun	(US prison slang) Segregation.