SECOND — Definition of SECOND
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.
adjective
1
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
He lives on Second Street.
2
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
3
Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.
adverb
1
(with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
Saturn is the second largest planet.
2
After the first occurrence but before the third.
He is batting second today.
📚 Source: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/second
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