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How to pronounce second
Say it like this: /ˈsɛk.ənd/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does second mean?
adjNumber-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
“He lives on Second Street.”
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
“His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.”
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.”
advAfter the first; at the second rank.
“Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.”
After the first occurrence but before the third.
“He is batting second today.”
nounSomething that is number two in a series.
Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
verbTo agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)
“I second the motion.”
To follow in the next place; to succeed.
“Sin is usually seconded with sin.”
To climb after a lead climber.
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