SECOND
Definition of SECOND
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Something that is number two in a series.
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Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
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The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
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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."
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To follow in the next place; to succeed.
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To climb after a lead climber.
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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."
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Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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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."
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(with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
"Saturn is the second largest planet."
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After the first occurrence but before the third.
"He is batting second today."
Source: Wiktionary
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