SECONDS

Something 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.

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."

To follow in the next place; to succeed.

To climb after a lead climber.

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.

A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.

A short, indeterminate amount of time.

"I'll be there in a second."

One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.

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."

Aid; assistance; help.

To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.

"The army officer was seconded while he held civil office."

To assist or support; to back.

To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)

"I second the motion."