second

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And don't you dare think for one second that you can "just talk to the CEO first.

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Definitions15

Parts of speech4

Quick take

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of second gathered in one view.

noun

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

noun

an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

noun

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for second.

noun

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

noun

an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

noun

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield

noun

a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"

noun

following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a close second"

noun

a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here"

noun

the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

noun

a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?"

See also: secondment, endorsement, indorsement

noun

the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "he had to shift down into second to make the hill"

noun

merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name

verb

give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"

verb

transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment; "The officer was seconded for duty overseas"

adjective

coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

adjective

a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the second violins"

adverb

in the second place; "second, we must consider the economy"

Example sentences

And don't you dare think for one second that you can "just talk to the CEO first.

" If you can say "yes" to the second question, the answer to the first question doesn't matter.

You're going to ask that same coworker to lunch a second time, and eventually a third.

The second P stands for "Present a solution for the customer to take home today.

I like hnsearch a lot, but I'd like us to take a second to thank whoever was running SearchYC, which for the past couple years has been practically indispensable in keeping up with this community.

Is Vine really a radical new way to communicate, or is it merely the nadir of audiovisual culture, fragmenting the world into six-second shards of nothingness?

As the alternate-you haven't spent months and years internalizing these concept to become vis second nature, ve has to look up every other word, digress into Wikipedia to use DFS to find a connected component containing a concept you just don't yet understand.