second

1. second (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.

Example: He lives on Second Street.

2. second (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.

Example: His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.

3. second (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.

Example: Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.

4. second (adv) — sense 4

Definition: After the first; at the second rank.

Example: Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system.

5. second (adv) — sense 5

Definition: After the first occurrence but before the third.

Example: He is batting second today.

6. second (noun) — sense 6

Definition: Something that is number two in a series.

7. second (noun) — sense 7

Definition: Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.

8. second (noun) — sense 8

Definition: The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.

9. second (verb) — sense 9

Definition: To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See etymology 3 for translations.)

Example: I second the motion.

10. second (verb) — sense 10

Definition: To follow in the next place; to succeed.

Example: In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill.

11. second (verb) — sense 11

Definition: To climb after a lead climber.