English-Thai Dictionary

Second Advent

N การจุ ติ อีก ครั้ง ของ พระเยซู เพื่อ พิพากษา มนุษย์  Parousia Second Coming kan-ju-ti-eak-krang-kong-pare-yea-su

 

second

ADJ ด้อย กว่า  รอง ลงมา  ด้อย ลงมา  เป็นรอง  inferior subordinate lower doi-kwa

 

second

ADJ ที่สอง  เป็นลำดับ ที่สอง  next following succeeding ti-song

 

second

ADJ อีก  อีก อย่าง  อีก ครั้ง  อื่น  additional extra other eak

 

second

ADV รอง ลงมา  ถัด มา  ต่อมา  ตามมา  rong-long-ma

 

second

N พี่เลี้ยง (มวย  คน สนับสนุน  ผู้ช่วย  supporter assistant helper pi-liang

 

second

N ระยะเวลา สั้นๆ  ชั่วประเดี๋ยว  ชั่วครู่  ชั่วขณะ  moment instant flash ra-ya-we-la-san-san

 

second

N ลำดับ ที่สอง  ที่สอง  คน ที่สอง  ขั้น ที่สอง  ครึ่ง ที่สอง  คุณ ภาพ ชั้นสอง  ส่วน ที่สอง  lam-dub-ti-song

 

second

N วินาที  1/60 นาที  วิลิปดา  ฟิ ลิปดา  1/60 ลิปดา  wi-na-te

 

second

N เกียร์ สอง (รถ  kia-song

 

second

VT ย้าย ไป ทำหน้าที่ พิเศษ ชั่วคราว  ย้าย ราชการ ชั่วคราว  ย้าย ตำแหน่ง ชั่วคราว  yai-pai-tam-na-ti-pi-sed-chue-kao

 

second

VT สนับสนุน  ช่วยเหลือ  เป็น ผู้ช่วย  เป็น พี่เลี้ยง  assist back up support sa-nab-sa-nun

 

second

VT เห็นชอบ  อนุมัติ  อนุญาต  เห็นด้วย  สนับสนุน  approve support endorse hen-chob

 

second best

ADJ รองชนะเลิศ  ตำแหน่ง รองชนะเลิศ  ที่ รอง ลงมา  เป็น ที่สอง  minor inferior rong-cha-na-rod

 

second best

N ผู้ ได้ ตำแหน่ง รองชนะเลิศ  สิ่ง ที่ รอง ลงมา  alternative inferiority phu-dai-tam-nang-rong-cha-na-rod

 

second chamber

N วุฒิสภา  wu-ti-sa-pa

 

second chamber

N สภาสูง  วุฒิสภา  upperhouse sa-pa-sung

 

second class

N การ ส่ง ไปรษ ณีย์  การ ส่ง หนังสือพิมพ์ ทางไปรษ ณีย์  kan-song-pai-sa-ne

 

second class

N ชั้นสอง  ระดับ สอง  อันดับ สอง  chan-song

 

second cousin

N ลูก ของ ลูกพี่ลูกน้อง  luk-kong-luk-pi-luk-nong

 

second hand

N เข็ม วินาที  kem-wi-na-te

 

second lieutenant

N นายทหาร ยศ ร้อยตรี  nai-ta-han-yod-roi-tre

 

second lieutenant

N ร้อยตรี  นาย ร้อยตรี  roi-tre

 

second mate

N ผู้ช่วย กัปตัน  phu-chue-kab-tan

 

second mate

N ผู้ช่วย กัปตันเรือ  phu-chue-kab-tan-ruea

 

second nature

N นิสัย  สันดาน  ni-sai

 

second nature

N นิสัย ติดตัว  สันดาน  habit familiarity ni-sai-tid-tua

 

second nature to

IDM ง่าย  ทำได้ ง่ายๆ เป็นธรรมชาติ มาก  ngai

 

second sight

IDM มองเห็น อนาคต  ล่วงรู้อ นา ตค  mong-hen-ar-na-kod

 

second sight

N การ หยั่งรู้ อนาคต  kan-yang-ru0ar-na-kod

 

second sight

N ตา ทิพย์  ความสามารถ ใน การ มองเห็น เหตุการณ์ ข้างหน้า ได้  foresight clairvoyance ta-tib

 

second string

N ตัวสำรอง (ทาง การกีฬา  ทีม สำรอง  tua-sam-rong

 

second teeth

N ฟันแท้  พัน ชุด ที่สอง (หลัง ฟันน้ำนม ขึ้น  fan-tea

 

second to

PHRV เปลี่ยนไป ทำงาน (ที่อื่น  pian-pai-tam-ngan

 

second to none

IDM เป็นเลิศ  ไม่ เป็นรอง ใคร  ยอดเยี่ยม ที่สุด  pem-lod

 

second-class

ADJ ชั้นสอง  อันดับ สอง  ระดับ สอง  second-rate second-best chan-song

 

second-rate

ADJ ชั้น รอง  ด้อย คุณ ภาพ  ปานกลาง  ชั้นสอง  inferior imperfect chan-rong

 

second-rate

IDM ด้อย  ด้อย คุณ ภาพ  doi

 

second-rateness

N ความด้อย คุณ ภาพ  kwam-doi-kuan-na-pab

 

second-rater

N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น ชั้น รอง  สิ่ง ที่ ด้อย คุณ ภาพ  siang-ti-pen-chan-rong

 

secondarily

ADV ใน ลำดับ ที่สอง  nai-lam-dub-ti-song

 

secondariness

N ความ เป็นลำดับ ที่สอง  kwam-pen-lam-dub-ti-song

 

secondary

ADJ ทุติยภูมิ  ต่อจาก ขั้นแรก  ถัดไป  ทางอ้อม  dependent subsidiary auxillary indirect primary basic tu-ti-ya-pum

 

secondary

ADJ ลำดับ ที่สอง  ที่สอง  lam-dub-ti-song

 

secondary

ADJ อันดับ รอง  สำรอง  รอง  ไม่สำคัญ มาก  ด้อย กว่า  infeior minor unimportant inconsiderable an-dub-ti-song

 

secondary

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ มัธยม (ทาง การศึกษา  มัธยม  ระดับ มัธยม  kiao-kab-mad-ta-yom

 

secondary

N ผู้ช่วย  ตัวแทน  ตัวสำรอง  phu-chue

 

secondary

N ลำดับ สอง  ตำแหน่ง ที่สอง  lam-dub-ti-song

 

secondary accent

N พยางค์ ที่ ลง น้ำหนัก เสียง เบา กว่า  เครื่องหมาย แสดง เสียง ที่ เบา กว่า  secondary stress pa-yang-ti-long-nam-nak-siang-bao-kwa

 

secondary best

N รองชนะเลิศ  rong-cha-na-rod

 

secondary color

N สี ผสม  สี ผสม ระหว่าง แม่สี สอง สี  สี ขั้น ทุติยภูมิ  se-pa-som

 

secondary colour

N สี ผสม  สี ผสม ระหว่าง แม่สี สอง สี  se-pa-som

 

secondary school

N ชั้นมัธยมศึกษา  มัธยมศึกษา  chan-mad-ta-yom-suek-sa

 

secondary sex characteristics

N ลักษณะเฉพาะ ของ แต่ละ เพศ เมื่อ เติบโต ขึ้น  lak-sa-na-cha-por-kong-tea-la-ped

 

secondbest

ADJ ซึ่ง เป็น รองชนะเลิศ  sueng-pen-rong-cha-na-rod

 

secondclass

A ชั้นสอง 

 

seconder

N ผู้รับรอง ญัตติ 

 

secondhand

ADJ มือสอง  ใช้แล้ว  repeated used consumed mue-song

 

secondly

ADV ที่สอง  ใน ลำดับ ที่สอง  ti-song

 

secondly

ADV ใน ลำดับ ที่สอง  ถัดไป  ลำดับ ต่อไป  in the second place again furthermore nai-lam-dub-ti-song

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SECOND

a.[L. secundus; L. sequor, to follow. See Seek. ] 1. That immediately follows the first; the mext following the first in order of place or time; the ordinal of two. Take the second book from the shelf. Enter the second house.
And he slept and dreamed the second time. Genesis 41:5.
2. Next in value, power, excellence, dignity or rank; inferior. The silks of China are second to none. Lord Chatham was second to none in eloquence. Dr. Johnson was second to none in itellecual powers, but second to many in research and erudition.
Second terms, in algebra, those where the unknown quantity has a degree of power less than it has in the term where it is raised to the highest.
At second-hand, in the sicond place of order; not in first place, orby or from the first; by transmission; not primarily; not originally; as a report received at second hand.
In imitation of preachers at second hand, I shall transcribe from Bruyere a piece of raillery. Tatler.

 

SECOND

n. 1. One who attends another in a duel, to aid him, mark out the ground or destance, and see that all proceedings between the parties are fair.
2. One that supports or maintains another; that which supports
Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset. Wotton.
3. The sixtieth part of a minute or of a degree, that is, the second minute or small division next to the hour. Sound moves above 114 English feet in a second.
4. In music, an interval of a conjoint degree, being the difference between any sound and the next nearest sound above ar below it.

 

SECOND

v.t.[L. secundo. ] 1. To follow in the next place.
Sin is seconded with sin. [Little used. ] South.
2. To support; to lend aid to the attempt of another; to assist' to forward; to promote; to encourage; to act as the maintainer.
We have supplies to second our attempt. Shak.
The attempts of Austria to circumscribe the conquests of Buonaparte, were seconded by Russia. Anon.
In God's, one single can its end produce,
Yet serves second too some other use. Pope.
3. In legislation, to support, as a motion or the mover. We say, to second a motion or proposition, or to second the mover.

 

SECONDARILY

adv. [from secondary. ] In second degree or second order; not primarily or originally; not the first intention. Duties on imports serve primarily to raise a revenue, and secondarily to encourage domestic manufactures and industry.

 

SECONDARINESS

n.The state of being secondary.

 

SECONDARY

a.[L. secundarius, from secundus.] 1. Succeeding next in order to the first; subordinate.
Where there is moral right on the one hand, not secondary right can discharge it. L' Estrange.
2. Not primary; not of the first intention.
Two are racial differences; the secondary differences are as four. Bacon.
3. Not of the first order or rate; revolving about a primary planet. Primary planets revolve about the sun; secondary planets revolve about the primary.
4. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as the work of secondary hands.
5. Acting in subordination, or second to another; as a secondary officer.
Secondary rocks, in geology, are those which were formed after the primary. they are always situated over or above the primitive and transition rocks; they abound with organic remains or petrifications, and are supposed to be mechanical deposits from water. Cleaveland.
A secondary fever, is that which arises after a crisis, or the discharge of some morbid matter, as after the declension of the small pox or measles. Quincy.
Secondary circles, or secondaries, in astronomy, circles passing through the poles of any of the great circles of the sphere, perpendicular to the planes of those circles.
Secondary qualities, are the qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them, but which is proceed from casual circumstances, such as color, taste, odor, etc.
Secondary formations, in geology, formations of substances, subsequent to the primitive.

 

SECONDARY

n. 1. A delegate or deputy; one who acts in subordination to another; as the secondaries of the court of king's bench and common pleas.
2. A fether growing on the second bone of a fowl's wing.

 

SECONDED

pp. Supported; aided.

 

SECONDER

n.One that supported what another attempts, or what he affirms, or hat he moves or proposes; as the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.

 

SECOND-HAND

n.Possession received from the first possessor.

 

SECOND-HAND

a. 1. Not original or primary; received from another.
The have but a second-hand or implicit knowledge. Locke.
2. Not new; that has been used by another; as a second-hand book.

 

SECONDLY

adv. In the second place.

 

SECOND-RATE

n.[second and rate. ] The second order in size, dignity, or value. They call it thunder of the second-rate. Addison.
So we say, a ship of the second-rate.

 

SECOND-RATE

a.Of the second size, rank, quality or value; as a second-rate ship; a second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion.

 

SECOND-SIGHT

n.The power of seeing things future or distant; a power claimed by some of the highlanders in Scotland. Nor less avail'd his optic sleight,
And Scottish gift of second-sight. Trubbull's M'Fingal.

 

SECOND-SIGHTED

a.Having the power of second-sight.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SECOND

Sec "ond, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly, following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf. Secund. ]

 

1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other. And he slept and dreamed the second time. Gen. xli. 5.

 

2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. May the day when we become the second people upon earth. .. be the day of our utter extirpation. Landor.

 

3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge. A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! Shak. Second Adventist. See Adventist. -- Second cousin, the child of a cousin. -- Second-cut file. See under File. -- Second distance (Art ), that part of a picture between the foreground and the background; -- called also middle ground, or middle distance. [R.] -- Second estate (Eng. ), the House of Peers. -- Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter work, as chamber work or waiting on table. -- Second intention. See under Intention. -- Second story, Story floor, in America, the second range of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is called the first floor, the one beneath being the ground floor. -- Second thought or thoughts, consideration of a matter following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration. On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had known him. Dickens.

 

SECOND

SECOND Sec "ond, n.

 

1. One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power. Man an angel's second, nor his second long. Young.

 

2. One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel. Being sure enough of seconds after the first onset. Sir H. Wotton.

 

3. Aid; assistance; help. [Obs. ] Give second, and my love Is everlasting thine. J. Fletcher.

 

4. pl.

 

Defn: An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp. , a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

 

5. Etym: [F. seconde. See Second, a.]

 

Defn: The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,14 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.

 

6. In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.

 

7. (Mus. ) (a ) The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it. (b ) The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto. Second hand, the hand which marks the seconds on the dial of a watch or a clock.

 

SECOND

Sec "ond, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seconded; p. pr. & vb. n. Seconding.]Etym: [Cf. F. seconder, L. secundare, from secundus. See Second, a.]

 

1. To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate. [R.] In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill. Fuller. Sin is seconded with sin. South.

 

2. To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage. We have supplies to second our attempt. Shak. In human works though labored on with pain, A thousand movements scarce one purpose gain; In God's, one single can its end produce, Yet serves to second too some other use. Pope.

 

3. Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.

 

SECONDARILY

SECONDARILY Sec "ond *a *ri *ly, adv.

 

1. In a secondary manner or degree.

 

2. Secondly; in the second place. [Obs. ] God hath set some in the church, first apostels, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers. 1 Cor. xii. 28.

 

SECONDARINESS

SECONDARINESS Sec "ond *a *ri *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state of being secondary. Full of a girl's sweet sense of secondariness to the object of her love. Mrs. Oliphant.

 

SECONDARY

Sec "ond *a *ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. secondaire, L. secundaire. See Second, a.]

 

1. Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc. ; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate. Wheresoever there is normal right on the one hand, no secondary right can discharge it. L'Estrange. Two are the radical differences; the secondary differences are as four. Bacon.

 

2. Acting by deputation or delegated authority; as, the work of secondary hands.

 

3. (Chem. )

 

Defn: Possessing some quality, or having been subject to some operation (as substitution ), in the second degree; as, a secondary salt, a secondary amine, etc. Cf. primary.

 

4. (Min. )

 

Defn: Subsequent in origin; -- said of minerals produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc. ) developed by pressure or other causes.

 

5. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.

 

6. (Med. )

 

Defn: Dependent or consequent upon another disease; as, Bright's disease is often secondary to scarlet fever. (b ) Occuring in the second stage of a disease; as, the secondary symptoms of syphilis. Secondary accent. See the Note under Accent, n., 1. -- Secondary age. (Geol.) The Mesozoic age, or age before the Tertiary. See Mesozoic, and Note under Age, n., 8. -- Secondary alcohol (Chem. ), any one of a series of alcohols which contain the radical CH. OH united with two hydrocarbon radicals. On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones. -- Secondary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury, performed after the constitutional effects of the injury have subsided. -- Secondary axis (Opt. ), any line which passes through the optical center of a lens but not through the centers of curvature, or, in the case of a mirror, which passes through the center of curvature but not through the center of the mirror. -- Secondary battery. (Elec.) See under Battery, n., 4. -- Secondary circle (Geom. & Astron.), a great circle passes through the poles of another great circle and is therefore perpendicular to its plane. -- Secondary circuit, Secondary coil (Elec.), a circuit or coil in which a current is produced by the induction of a current in a neighboring circuit or coil called the primary circuit or coil. -- Secondary color, a color formed by mixing any two primary colors in equal proportions. -- Secondary coverts (Zoöl.), the longer coverts which overlie the basal part of the secondary quills of a bird. See Illust. under Bird. -- Secondary crystal (Min. ), a crystal derived from one of the primary forms. -- Secondary current (Elec.), a momentary current induced in a closed circuit by a current of electricity passing through the same or a contiguous circuit at the beginning and also at the end of the passage of the primary current. -- Secondary evidence, that which is admitted upon failure to obtain the primary or best evidence. -- Secondary fever (Med. ), a fever coming on in a disease after the subsidence of the fever with which the disease began, as the fever which attends the outbreak of the eruption in smallpox. -- Secondary hemorrhage (Med. ), hemorrhage occuring from a wounded blood vessel at some considerable time after the original bleeding has ceased. -- Secondary planet. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet. -- Secondary qualities, those qualities of bodies which are not inseparable from them as such, but are dependent for their development and intensity on the organism of the percipient, such as color, taste, odor, etc. -- Secondary quills or remiges (Zoöl.), the quill feathers arising from the forearm of a bird and forming a row continuous with the primaries; -- called also secondaries. See Illust. of Bird. -- Secondary rocks or strata (Geol.), those lying between the Primary, or Paleozoic, and Tertiary (see Primary rocks, under Primary ); -- later restricted to strata of the Mesozoic age, and at but little used. -- Secondary syphilis (Med. ), the second stage of syphilis, including the period from the first development of constitutional symptoms to the time when the bones and the internal organs become involved. -- Secondary tint, any subdued tint, as gray. -- Secondary union (Surg.), the union of wounds after suppuration; union by the second intention.

 

Syn. -- Second; second-rate; subordinate; inferior.

 

SECONDARY

Sec "ond *a *ry, n.; pl. Secondaries (.

 

1. One who occupies a subordinate, inferior, or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy; one who is second or next to the chief officer; as, the secondary, or undersheriff of the city of London. Old Escalus... is thy secondary. Shak.

 

2. (Astron.) (a ) A secondary circle. (b ) A satellite.

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A secondary quill.

 

SECOND-CLASS

SECOND-CLASS Sec "ond-class `, a.

 

Defn: Of the rank or degree below the best highest; inferior; second- rate; as, a second-class house; a second-class passage.

 

SECONDER

SECONDER Sec "ond *er, n.

 

Defn: One who seconds or supports what another attempts, affirms, moves, or proposes; as, the seconder of an enterprise or of a motion.

 

SECONDHAND

SECONDHAND Sec "ond *hand `, a.

 

1. Not original or primary; received from another. They have but a secondhand or implicit knowledge. Locke.

 

2. Not new; already or previously or used by another; as, a secondhand book, garment. At second hand. See Hand, n., 1 .

 

SECONDLY

SECONDLY Sec "ond *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In the second place.

 

SECONDO

Se *con "do (; It. ), n. Etym: [It. ] (Mus. )

 

Defn: The second part in a concerted piece.

 

SECOND-RATE

SECOND-RATE Sec "ond-rate `, a.

 

Defn: Of the second size, rank, quality, or value; as, a second-rate ship; second-rate cloth; a second-rate champion. Dryden.

 

SECOND-SIGHT

SECOND-SIGHT Sec "ond-sight `, n.

 

Defn: The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison. Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift of second- sight. Trumbull.

 

SECOND-SIGHTED

SECOND-SIGHTED Sec "ond-sight `ed, a.

 

Defn: Having the power of second-sight. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

second

sec ond 1 |ˈsekənd ˈsɛkənd | ▶ordinal number 1 constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd: he married for a second time | Herbie was the second of their six children. • secondly (used to introduce a second point or reason ): second, they are lightly regulated; and third, they do business with nonresident clients. • Music an interval spanning two consecutive notes in a diatonic scale. • the note that is higher by this interval than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord. • the second in a sequence of a vehicle's gears: he took the corner in second. • Baseball second base. • the second grade of a school. • (seconds ) informal a second course or second helping of food at a meal. • denoting someone or something regarded as comparable to or reminiscent of a better-known predecessor: a fear that the conflict would turn into a second Vietnam. • an act or instance of seconding. 2 subordinate or inferior in position, rank, or importance: it was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports | he is a writer first and a scientist second. • additional to that already existing, used, or possessed: a second home | French as a second language. • the second finisher or position in a race or competition: he finished second. • Brit. a place in the second-highest grade in an examination, esp. for a degree: she got a first in moral sciences and a second in history. • Music performing a lower or subordinate of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice: the second violins. • (seconds ) goods of an inferior quality. • coarse flour, or bread made from it. 3 an assistant, in particular: • an attendant assisting a combatant in a duel or boxing match. ▶verb [ with obj. ] formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer ) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion: Bertonazzi seconded Birmingham's nomination. • express agreement with: her view is seconded by most Indian leaders today. • archaic support; back up: so well was he seconded by the multitude of laborers at his command. PHRASES every second see every other at every. in the second place as a second consideration or point. second to none the best, worst, fastest, etc. DERIVATIVES sec ond er noun ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin secundus ‘following, second, ’ from the base of sequi ‘follow. ’ The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

 

second

sec ond 2 |ˈsekənd ˈsɛkənd | ▶noun 1 (abbr.: s ) a sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a cesium-133 atom. (Symbol: ʺ ) • informal a very short time: his eyes met Charlotte's for a second. 2 (also arc second or second of arc ) a sixtieth of a minute of angular distance. (Symbol: ʺ ) ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin secunda (minuta )‘second (minute ),’ feminine (used as a noun ) of secundus, referring to the “second ” operation of dividing an hour by sixty.

 

second

sec ond 3 |siˈkänd səˈkɑnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Brit. transfer (a military officer or other official or worker ) temporarily to other employment or another position: I was seconded to a public relations unit. DERIVATIVES sec ond ee |ˌsekənˈdē |noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French en second ‘in the second rank (of officers ).’

 

second Adam

sec ond Ad am ▶noun (the second Adam ) (in Christian thought ) Jesus Christ. ORIGIN with biblical allusion to 1 Cor. 15: 45 –47.

 

Second Adar

Sec ond A dar see Adar.

 

Second Advent

Sec ond Ad vent ▶noun another term for Second Coming.

 

secondary

sec ond ar y |ˈsekənˌderē ˈsɛkənˌdɛri | ▶adjective 1 coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary: luck plays a role, but it's ultimately secondary to local knowledge. • [ attrib. ] of or relating to education for children from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen: a secondary school. • having a reversible chemical reaction and therefore able to store energy. • relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, esp. in a transformer. 2 ( Secondary ) Geology former term for Mesozoic. 3 Chemistry (of an organic compound ) having its functional group located on a carbon atom that is bonded to two other carbon atoms. • (chiefly of amines ) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups. ▶noun ( pl. secondaries ) 1 short for. • a secondary color. • Ornithology a secondary feather. • a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer. 2 Football the players in the defensive backfield; the area these players cover. 3 (the Secondary ) Geology, dated the Secondary or Mesozoic era. DERIVATIVES sec ond ar i ly |-ˌderəlē |adverb, sec ond ar i ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class, ’ from secundus (see second 1 ).

 

secondary articulation

sec ond ar y ar tic u la tion ▶noun Phonetics an additional feature in the pronunciation of a consonant (besides the actual place of articulation ), such as palatalization or lip-rounding.

 

secondary boycott

sec ond ar y boy cott ▶noun industrial action by a union against a company on the grounds that does business with another company engaged in a labor dispute.

 

secondary color

sec ond ar y col or ▶noun a color resulting from the mixing of two primary colors.

 

secondary evidence

sec ond ar y ev i dence ▶noun Law something, in particular documentation, which confirms the existence of unavailable primary evidence.

 

secondary feather

sec ond ar y feath er ▶noun any of the flight feathers growing from the second joint of a bird's wing.

 

secondary industry

sec ond ar y in dus try |ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈɪndəstri | ▶noun Economics industry that converts the raw materials provided by primary industry into commodities and products for the consumer; manufacturing industry.

 

secondary modern school

sec ¦ond |ary mod ¦ern school ▶noun historical (in the UK ) a secondary school of a kind offering a general education to children not selected for grammar or technical schools.

 

secondary picketing

sec ond ar y pick et ing |ˈsɛkənˌdɛri ˈpɪkɪdɪŋ | ▶noun Brit. picketing by strikers of the premises of a firm that trades with their employer but is not otherwise involved in the dispute in question.

 

secondary planet

sec ond ar y plan et ▶noun a satellite of a planet.

 

secondary process

sec ond ar y proc ess ▶noun Psychoanalysis a thought process connecting the preconscious and conscious, governed by the reality principle and reflecting the decision-making and problem-solving activity of the ego.

 

secondary sector

sec ond ar y sec tor ▶noun Economics the sector of the economy concerned with or relating to primary industry.

 

secondary sexual characteristics

sec ond ar y sex u al char ac ter is tics ▶plural noun physical characteristics developed at puberty that distinguish between the sexes but are not involved in reproduction.

 

secondary smoke

sec ond ar y smoke ▶noun British term for secondhand smoke.

 

secondary smoking

sec ond ar y smok ing ▶noun another term for passive smoking.

 

secondary stress

sec ond ar y stress |ˈsɛkənˌdɛri strɛs | ▶noun Phonetics (in a system that postulates three levels of stress ) the accent on a syllable of a word or breath group that is weaker than the primary stress but stronger than the lack of stress.

 

secondary structure

sec ond ar y struc ture ▶noun Biochemistry the local three-dimensional structure of sheets, helices, or other forms adopted by a polynucleotide or polypeptide chain, due to electrostatic attraction between neighboring residues.

 

secondary thickening

sec ond ar y thick en ing ▶noun Botany (in the stem or root of a woody plant ) the increase in girth resulting from the formation of new woody tissue by the cambium.

 

secondary treatment

sec ond ar y treat ment ▶noun the further treatment of sewage effluent by biological methods following sedimentation.

 

second ballot

sec ond bal lot ▶noun a further ballot held to confirm the selection of a candidate where a previous ballot did not yield an absolute majority.

 

second best

sec ond best |ˈˌsɛkən (d ) ˈˌbɛst | ▶adjective next after the best: his second-best suit. ▶noun a less adequate or less desirable alternative: he would have to settle for second best. PHRASES come off second best be defeated in a competition.

 

second cause

sec ond cause ▶noun Logic a cause that is itself caused.

 

second chamber

sec ond cham ber |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun the upper house of a parliament with two chambers.

 

second childhood

sec ond child hood ▶noun a period in someone's adult life when they act as a child, either for fun or as a consequence of reduced mental capabilities.

 

second class

sec ond class |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a set of people or things grouped together as the second best. • the second-best accommodations in an aircraft, train, or ship. • Brit. the second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree: he obtained a second class in modern history. ▶adjective & adverb (second-class ) of the second-best quality or in the second division: [ as adj. ] : until 1914 women were thought of as second-class citizens. • of or relating to the second-best accommodations in an aircraft, train, or ship: [ as adj. ] : I want second-class tickets | [ as adv. ] : they don't fly second-class. • of or relating to a class of mail having lower priority than first-class mail: [ as adj. ] : second-class postage stamps. • (in North America ) denoting a class of mail that includes newspapers and periodicals. • [ as adj. ] Brit. of or relating to the second-highest division in a university examination: a respectable second-class degree.

 

Second Coming

Sec ond Com ing |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun Christian Theology the prophesied return of Christ to earth at the Last Judgment.

 

second cousin

sec ond cous in |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun see cousin.

 

second-cut

sec ond-cut ▶adjective another term for crosscut.

 

second-degree

sec ond-de gree |ˈˌsɛkənd d (ə )ˈɡri | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 Medicine denoting burns that cause blistering but not permanent scars. 2 Law denoting a category of a crime, esp. murder, that is less serious than a first-degree crime.

 

seconde

se conde |səˈkänd səˈkɑnd | ▶noun Fencing the second of eight standard parrying positions. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, feminine of second ‘second. ’

 

Second Empire

Sec ond Em pire the imperial government in France of Napoleon III, 1852 –70. • this period in France.

 

second floor

sec ond floor ▶noun the floor directly above the ground floor. • Brit. the floor two levels above the ground floor.

 

second-generation

sec ond-gen er a tion |ˈˌsɛkənd ˌʤɛnəˈreɪʃən | ▶adjective 1 denoting the offspring of parents who have immigrated to a particular country: she was a second-generation American. 2 of a more advanced stage of technology than previous models or systems.

 

second growth

sec ond growth ▶noun 1 woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest: [ as modifier ] : a thicket of second-growth Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. 2 a wine considered to be the second-best in quality compared to the first growth (or premier cru ): [ as modifier ] : a second-growth wine was added as a bonus for the group.

 

second-guess

sec ond-guess |ˌsɛkənd ˈɡɛs | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 anticipate or predict (someone's actions or thoughts ) by guesswork: he had to second-guess what the environmental regulations would be in five years' time. 2 judge or criticize (someone ) with hindsight: the prime minister was willing to second-guess senior ministers in public. DERIVATIVES sec ond-guess er noun

 

secondhand

sec ond hand |ˈsekən (d )ˈhand ˌsɛkəndˈhænd | ▶adjective 1 (of goods ) having had a previous owner; not new: a secondhand car. • [ attrib. ] denoting a store or shop where such goods can be bought: a secondhand bookstore. 2 (of information or experience ) accepted on another's authority and not from original investigation: secondhand knowledge of her country. ▶adverb 1 on the basis that something has had a previous owner: tips on the pitfalls to avoid when buying secondhand. 2 on the basis of what others have said; indirectly: I was discounting anything I heard secondhand. PHRASES at second hand by hearsay rather than direct observation or experience.

 

second hand

sec ond hand |ˈˌsɛkən (d ) ˈhænd | ▶noun an extra hand in some watches and clocks that moves around to indicate the seconds.

 

secondhand smoke

sec ond hand smoke ▶noun smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others.

 

secondhand speech

sec ond hand speech ▶noun conversation on a cellular phone that is overheard by people nearby: I was alternately amused and annoyed by the secondhand speech in the waiting room.

 

second honeymoon

sec ond hon ey moon ▶noun a romantic vacation taken by a couple who have been married for some time.

 

second-in-command

sec ond-in-com mand ▶noun the officer next in authority to the commanding or chief officer.

 

second intention

sec ond in ten tion ▶noun Medicine the healing of a wound in which the edges do not meet, and new epithelium must form across granulation tissue: healing by second intention .

 

Second International

Sec ond In ter na tion al see international ( sense 2 of the noun ).

 

Second Isaiah

Sec ond I sa iah another name for Deutero-Isaiah.

 

second lieutenant

sec ond lieu ten ant |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun a commissioned officer of the lowest rank in the US Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps ranking above chief warrant officer and below first lieutenant.

 

second line

sec ond line ▶noun anything used or held in reserve as support, replacement, or reinforcement, in particular: • [ usu. as modifier ] a medical treatment or therapy used in support of another, or as a more drastic measure if the primary treatment is ineffective. • a battle line behind the front line to support it and make good its losses. • [ as modifier ] ranking second in strength, effectiveness, ability, or value: the clutch of second-line U.S. computer manufacturers.

 

secondly

sec ond ly |ˈsekən (d )lē ˈsɛkən (d )li | ▶adverb in the second place (used to introduce a second point or reason ): he was presented first of all as a hopelessly unqualified candidate and secondly as an extremist.

 

second master

se ¦cond mas ¦ter ▶noun a deputy headmaster.

 

second mate

sec ond mate ▶noun an assistant mate on a merchant ship.

 

secondment

se ¦cond |ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. the temporary transfer of an official or worker to another position or employment: he spent two years on secondment to the Department of Industry.

 

second messenger

sec ond mes sen ger ▶noun Physiology a substance whose release within a cell is promoted by a hormone and that brings about a response by the cell.

 

second mortgage

sec ond mort gage ▶noun a mortgage taken out on a property that is already mortgaged.

 

second name

sec ond name |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun a surname.

 

second nature

sec ond na ture |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun a characteristic or habit in someone that appears to be instinctive because that person has behaved in a particular way so often: deceit was becoming second nature to her.

 

secondo

se con do |səˈkändō, -ˈkôn -səˈkɑndoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. secondi |-dē | ) Music the second or lower part in a duet. ORIGIN Italian.

 

second officer

sec ond of fi cer ▶noun another term for second mate.

 

second person

sec ond per son |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun see person ( sense 2 ).

 

second position

sec ond po si tion ▶noun 1 Ballet a posture in which the feet form a straight line, being turned out to either side with the heels separated by the distance of a small step. • a position of the arms in which they are held out to each side of the body, curving forward and slightly upward. 2 Music a position of the left hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument nearer to the bridge than the first position, enabling a higher-pitched set of notes to be played.

 

second-rate

sec ond-rate |ˈˌsɛkən (d ) ˈˌreɪt | ▶adjective of mediocre or inferior quality: a second-rate theater. DERIVATIVES sec ond-rat ed ness noun, sec ond-rat er noun

 

second reading

sec ond read ing |sekəndˈriːdɪŋ | ▶noun a second presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, in the US to debate committee reports and in the UK to approve the bill's general principles.

 

Second Reich

Sec ond Reich see Reich.

 

Second Republic

Sec ond Re pub lic the republican regime in France from the deposition of King Louis Philippe (1848 ) to the beginning of the Second Empire (1852 ).

 

second sight

sec ond sight |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun the supposed ability to perceive future or distant events; clairvoyance. DERIVATIVES sec ond-sight ed adjective

 

second-story man

sec ond-stor y man ▶noun a burglar who enters through an upper-story window.

 

second strike

sec ond strike ▶noun a retaliatory attack conducted with weapons designed to withstand an initial nuclear attack (a “first strike ”).

 

second string

sec ond string |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun 1 (in sports ) the players who are available to replace or relieve those who start a game: [ as modifier ] : the second-string quarterback. 2 an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails. DERIVATIVES sec ond-string er noun

 

second teeth

se ¦cond teeth ▶plural noun the set of permanent teeth that replace the milk teeth in humans and other mammals.

 

second thoughts

sec ond thoughts (also second thought ) ▶plural noun a change of opinion or resolve reached after considering something again: on second thought, perhaps he was right.

 

second wind

sec ond wind |wind səˈkɑnd | ▶noun [ in sing. ] a person's ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath. • a new strength or energy to continue something that is an effort: she gained a second wind during the campaign and turned the opinion polls around.

 

Second World

Sec ond World ▶noun the former communist block consisting of the Soviet Union and some countries in eastern Europe.

 

Second World War

Sec ond World War |səˈkɑnd | another term for World War II.

 

Oxford Dictionary

second

second 1 |ˈsɛk (ə )nd | ▶ordinal number 1 constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd: he married for a second time | Herbert was the second of their six children | the second of October | the second-youngest player. • secondly (used to introduce a second point or reason ): second, they are lightly regulated; and third, they do business with non-resident clients. • Music an interval spanning two consecutive notes in a diatonic scale. • the note which is higher by a second interval than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord. • the second in a sequence of a vehicle's gears: he took the corner in second. • Baseball second base. • chiefly Brit. the second form of a school or college. • (seconds ) informal a second course or second helping of food at a meal. • denoting someone or something regarded as comparable to or reminiscent of a better-known predecessor: a fear that the conflict would turn into a second Vietnam. 2 subordinate or inferior in position, rank, or importance: it was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports | he is a writer first and a scientist second. • additional to that already existing, used, or possessed: a second home | French as a second language. • the second finisher or position in a race or competition: he finished second. • Brit. a place in the second grade in an examination, especially for a degree. • Music performing a lower or subordinate of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice: the second violins. • (seconds ) goods of an inferior quality. • (the seconds ) the reserve team of a sports club. • coarse flour, or bread made from it. 3 an assistant, in particular: • an attendant assisting a combatant in a duel or boxing match. • a Cub or Brownie chosen by their pack to assist the Sixer and replace them when they are absent. ▶verb [ with obj. ] formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer ) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion: Bridgeman seconded Maxwell's motion calling for the reform. • express agreement with: her view is seconded by most Indian leaders today. • archaic support; back up: so well was he seconded by the multitude of labourers at his command. PHRASES every second see every other at every. in the second place as a second consideration or point. second to none the best, worst, fastest, etc. DERIVATIVES seconder noun ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin secundus ‘following, second ’, from the base of sequi ‘follow ’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.

 

second

second 2 |ˈsɛk (ə )nd | ▶noun 1 (abbrev.: s ) a sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom. (Symbol: ʺ ) • informal a very short time: his eyes met Charlotte's for a second. 2 (also arc second or second of arc ) a sixtieth of a minute of angular distance. (Symbol: ʺ ) ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin secunda (minuta ) ‘second (minute )’, feminine (used as a noun ) of secundus, referring to the ‘second ’ operation of dividing an hour by sixty.

 

second

second 3 |sɪˈkɒnd | ▶verb [ with obj. ] Brit. transfer (a military officer or other official or worker ) temporarily to other employment or another position: I was seconded to a public relations unit. DERIVATIVES secondee |-ˈdiː |noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from French en second ‘in the second rank (of officers )’.

 

second Adam

se ¦cond Adam ▶noun (the second Adam ) (in Christian thought ) Jesus Christ. ORIGIN with biblical allusion to 1 Cor. 15: 45 –47.

 

Second Adar

Second Adar see Adar.

 

Second Advent

Second Advent ▶noun another term for Second Coming.

 

secondary

sec ¦ond |ary |ˈsɛk (ə )nd (ə )ri | ▶adjective 1 coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary: luck plays a role, but it's ultimately secondary to local knowledge. • relating to education for children from the age of eleven to sixteen or eighteen: a secondary school. • having a reversible chemical reaction and therefore able to store energy. • relating to or denoting the output side of a device using electromagnetic induction, especially in a transformer. 2 ( Secondary ) Geology former term for Mesozoic. 3 Chemistry (of an organic compound ) having its functional group located on a carbon atom which is bonded to two other carbon atoms. • (chiefly of amines ) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups. ▶noun ( pl. secondaries ) 1 short for: • Brit. a secondary school. • Ornithology a secondary feather. • a secondary coil or winding in an electrical transformer. 2 (the Secondary ) Geology, dated the Secondary or Mesozoic era. DERIVATIVES secondarily adverb, secondariness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin secundarius ‘of the second quality or class ’, from secundus (see second 1 ).

 

secondary articulation

sec ¦ond |ary ar ¦ticu |la ¦tion ▶noun Phonetics an additional feature in the pronunciation of a consonant (besides the actual place of articulation ), such as palatalization or lip-rounding.

 

secondary boycott

sec ond ar y boy cott ▶noun industrial action by a union against a company on the grounds that does business with another company engaged in a labor dispute.

 

secondary colour

sec ¦ond |ary col ¦our ▶noun a colour resulting from the mixing of two primary colours.

 

secondary evidence

sec ¦ond |ary evi |dence ▶noun [ mass noun ] Law something, in particular documentation, which confirms the existence of unavailable primary evidence.

 

secondary feather

sec ¦ond |ary fea ¦ther ▶noun any of the flight feathers growing from the second joint of a bird's wing.

 

secondary industry

sec ¦ond |ary in |dus |try ▶noun [ mass noun ] Economics industry that converts the raw materials provided by primary industry into commodities and products for the consumer; manufacturing industry.

 

secondary modern school

sec ¦ond |ary mod ¦ern school ▶noun historical (in the UK ) a secondary school of a kind offering a general education to children not selected for grammar or technical schools.

 

secondary picketing

sec ¦ond |ary pick ¦et |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. picketing by strikers of the premises of a firm that trades with their employer but is not otherwise involved in the dispute in question.

 

secondary planet

sec ¦ond |ary planet ▶noun a satellite of a planet.

 

secondary process

sec ¦ond |ary pro |cess ▶noun Psychoanalysis a thought process connecting the preconscious and conscious, governed by the reality principle and reflecting the decision-making and problem-solving activity of the ego.

 

secondary sector

sec ¦ond |ary sec ¦tor ▶noun Economics the sector of the economy concerned with or relating to secondary industry.

 

secondary sexual characteristics

sec ¦ond |ary sex ¦ual char |ac ¦ter |is ¦tics ▶plural noun physical characteristics developed at puberty which distinguish between the sexes but are not involved in reproduction.

 

secondary smoke

sec ¦ond |ary smoke ▶noun [ mass noun ] smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others.

 

secondary smoking

sec ¦ond |ary smok ¦ing ▶noun another term for passive smoking.

 

secondary stress

sec ond ar y stress |ˈsɛkənˌdɛri strɛs | ▶noun Phonetics (in a system that postulates three levels of stress ) the accent on a syllable of a word or breath group that is weaker than the primary stress but stronger than the lack of stress.

 

secondary structure

sec ¦ond |ary struc |ture ▶noun Biochemistry the local three-dimensional structure of sheets, helices, or other forms adopted by a polynucleotide or polypeptide chain, due to electrostatic attraction between neighbouring residues.

 

secondary thickening

sec ¦ond |ary thick ¦en |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] Botany (in the stem or root of a woody plant ) the increase in girth resulting from the formation of new woody tissue by the cambium.

 

secondary treatment

sec ¦ond |ary treat |ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] the further treatment of sewage effluent by biological methods following sedimentation.

 

second ballot

se ¦cond bal ¦lot ▶noun a further ballot held to confirm the selection of a candidate where a previous ballot did not yield an absolute majority.

 

second best

se ¦cond best ▶adjective next after the best: his second-best suit. ▶noun a less adequate or less desirable alternative: he would have to settle for second best. PHRASES come off second best be defeated in a competition.

 

Second Boer War

Second Boer War see Boer Wars.

 

second cause

se ¦cond cause ▶noun Logic a cause that is itself caused.

 

second chamber

sec ond cham ber |səˈkɑnd | ▶noun the upper house of a parliament with two chambers.

 

second childhood

se ¦cond child |hood ▶noun a period in someone's adult life when they act as a child, either for fun or as a consequence of reduced mental capabilities.

 

second class

se ¦cond class ▶noun [ in sing. ] a set of people or things grouped together as the second best. • [ mass noun ] the second-best accommodation in an aircraft, train, or ship. • Brit. the second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree: he obtained a second class in modern history. ▶adjective & adverb of the second-best quality or in the second division: [ as adj. ] : until 1914 women were thought of as second-class citizens. • relating to the second-best accommodation in an aircraft, train, or ship: [ as adj. ] : I want second-class tickets | [ as adv. ] : they don't fly second class. • relating to a class of mail having lower priority than first-class mail: [ as adj. ] : second-class postage stamps. • (in North America ) denoting a class of mail which includes newspapers and periodicals. • [ as adj. ] Brit. relating to the second-highest division in the results of the examinations for a university degree: a respectable second-class degree.

 

Second Coming

Second Coming ▶noun Christian Theology the prophesied return of Christ to Earth at the Last Judgement.

 

second cousin

se ¦cond cousin ▶noun see cousin.

 

second-cut

second-cut ▶adjective another term for cross-cut.

 

second-degree

second-degree ▶adjective [ attrib. ] 1 Medicine denoting burns that cause blistering but not permanent scars. 2 Law, chiefly N. Amer. denoting a category of a crime, especially murder, that is less serious than a first-degree crime.

 

seconde

seconde |səˈkɒ̃d | ▶noun Fencing the second of eight parrying positions. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, feminine of second ‘second ’.

 

Second Empire

Second Empire the imperial government in France of Napoleon III, 1852 –70. • the period of the Second Empire.

 

second floor

se ¦cond floor ▶noun Brit. the floor two levels above the ground floor. • N. Amer. the floor directly above the ground floor.

 

second-generation

second-generation ▶adjective 1 denoting the offspring of parents who came to live in a particular country: she was a second-generation American. 2 of a more advanced stage of technology than previous models or systems.

 

second growth

sec ond growth ▶noun 1 woodland growth that replaces harvested or burned virgin forest: [ as modifier ] : a thicket of second-growth Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir. 2 a wine considered to be the second-best in quality compared to the first growth (or premier cru ): [ as modifier ] : a second-growth wine was added as a bonus for the group.

 

second-guess

second-guess ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 anticipate or predict (someone's actions or thoughts ) by guesswork: he had to second-guess what the environmental regulations would be in five years' time. 2 chiefly N. Amer. criticize (someone or something ) with hindsight: no one should second-guess police officers whose lives are on the line.

 

second hand

sec ¦ond hand ▶noun an extra hand in some watches and clocks which moves round to indicate the seconds.

 

second-hand

second-hand ▶adjective 1 (of goods ) having had a previous owner; not new: a second-hand car. • denoting a shop where second-hand goods can be bought: a second-hand bookshop. 2 (of information or experience ) accepted on another's authority and not from original investigation: second-hand knowledge of her country. ▶adverb 1 on the basis that something has had a previous owner: tips on the pitfalls to avoid when buying second-hand. 2 on the basis of what others have said; indirectly: I was discounting anything I heard second-hand. PHRASES at second hand by hearsay rather than direct observation or experience.

 

second-hand smoke

second-hand smoke ▶noun N. Amer. another term for secondary smoke.

 

secondhand speech

sec ond hand speech ▶noun conversation on a cellular phone that is overheard by people nearby: I was alternately amused and annoyed by the secondhand speech in the waiting room.

 

second honeymoon

se ¦cond honey |moon ▶noun a romantic holiday taken by a couple who have been married for some time.

 

second in command

se ¦cond in com |mand ▶noun the officer next in authority to the commanding or chief officer.

 

second intention

se ¦cond in ¦ten |tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine the healing of a wound in which the edges do not meet, and new epithelium must form across granulation tissue: healing by second intention .

 

Second International

Second International see international ( sense 2 of the noun ).

 

Second Isaiah

Second Isaiah another name for Deutero-Isaiah.

 

second lieutenant

se ¦cond lieu |ten ¦ant ▶noun a rank of officer in the army and the US air force, above warrant officer or chief warrant officer and below lieutenant or first lieutenant.

 

second line

se ¦cond line ▶noun 1 a battle line behind the front line to support it and make good its losses. 2 [ as modifier ] ranking second in strength, effectiveness, ability, or value: second-line American computer manufacturers. 3 [ usu. as modifier ] a medical treatment or therapy used in support of another, or as a more drastic measure if the primary treatment is ineffective.

 

secondly

sec |ond ¦ly |ˈsɛk (ə )ndli | ▶adverb in the second place (used to introduce a second point or reason ): he was presented first of all as a hopelessly unqualified candidate and secondly as an extremist.

 

second master

se ¦cond mas ¦ter ▶noun a deputy headmaster.

 

second mate

se ¦cond mate ▶noun another term for second officer.

 

secondment

se ¦cond |ment ▶noun [ mass noun ] Brit. the temporary transfer of an official or worker to another position or employment: he spent two years on secondment to the Department of Industry.

 

second messenger

se ¦cond mes ¦sen |ger ▶noun Physiology a substance whose release within a cell is promoted by a hormone and which brings about a response by the cell.

 

second mortgage

se ¦cond mort |gage ▶noun a mortgage taken out on a property that is already mortgaged.

 

second name

se ¦cond name ▶noun Brit. a surname.

 

second nature

se ¦cond na ¦ture ▶noun [ mass noun ] a tendency or habit that has become characteristic or instinctive: deceit was becoming second nature to her.

 

secondo

secondo |sɪˈkɒndəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. secondi |-di | ) Music the second or lower part in a duet. ORIGIN Italian.

 

second officer

se ¦cond of ¦fi |cer ▶noun an assistant mate on a merchant ship.

 

second person

se ¦cond per ¦son ▶noun see person ( sense 2 ).

 

second position

se ¦cond pos |ition ▶noun 1 Ballet a posture in which the feet form a straight line, being turned out to either side with the heels separated by the distance of a small step. • a position of the arms in which they are held out to each side of the body, curving forwards and slightly upwards. 2 Music a position of the left hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument nearer to the bridge than the first position, enabling a higher-pitched set of notes to be played.

 

second-rate

second-rate ▶adjective of mediocre or inferior quality: a second-rate theatre. DERIVATIVES second-rater noun

 

second reading

se ¦cond read |ing |sɛkəndˈriːdɪŋ | ▶noun a second presentation of a bill to a legislative assembly, in the UK to approve its general principles and in the US to debate committee reports.

 

Second Reich

Second Reich see Reich.

 

Second Republic

Second Republic the republican regime in France from the deposition of King Louis Philippe (1848 ) to the beginning of the Second Empire (1852 ).

 

second sight

se ¦cond sight ▶noun [ mass noun ] the supposed ability to perceive future or distant events; clairvoyance. DERIVATIVES second-sighted adjective

 

second-story man

sec ond-stor y man ▶noun a burglar who enters through an upper-story window.

 

second strike

se ¦cond strike ▶noun a retaliatory attack conducted with weapons designed to withstand an initial nuclear attack (a ‘first strike ’).

 

second string

se ¦cond string ▶noun 1 (often in phrase a second string to one's bow ) an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails: he was principally a batsman and bowling was the second string to his bow. 2 (in sport ) the second-choice players: Mimms will play in goal for City 's second string.

 

second teeth

se ¦cond teeth ▶plural noun the set of permanent teeth that replace the milk teeth in humans and other mammals.

 

second thoughts

second thoughts (US also second thought ) ▶plural noun a change of opinion or resolve reached after considering something again: on second thoughts, perhaps he was right.

 

second wind

se ¦cond wind ▶noun [ in sing. ] a person's ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath. • a new strength or energy to continue something that is an effort: she gained a second wind during the campaign and turned the opinion polls around.

 

Second World

Second World ▶noun the former communist block consisting of the Soviet Union and some countries in eastern Europe.

 

Second World War

Second World War a war (1939 –45 ) in which the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan ) were defeated by an alliance eventually including the United Kingdom and its dominions, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 led Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany. Germany defeated and occupied France the following year and soon overran much of Europe. Italy joined the war in 1940, and the US and Japan entered following the Japanese attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor. Italy surrendered in 1943 and the Allies launched a full-scale invasion in Normandy in June 1944. The war in Europe ended when Germany surrendered in May 1945; Japan surrendered after the US dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. An estimated 55 million people were killed during the war, including a much higher proportion of civilians than in the First World War.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

second

second 1 adjective 1 the second day of the trial: next, following, subsequent, succeeding. ANTONYMS first, preceding. 2 he keeps a second pair of glasses in his office: additional, extra, alternative, another, spare, backup, fallback, alternate. ANTONYMS primary. 3 he was demoted to the second level: secondary, lower, subordinate, subsidiary, lesser, inferior. ANTONYMS first, top. 4 the conflict could turn into a second Vietnam: another, new; repeat of, copy of, carbon copy of. ANTONYMS original. ▶noun 1 Eva had been working as his second. See second-in-command. 2 informal (seconds ) he enjoyed the pie and asked for seconds: a second helping, a further helping, more. ▶verb Hooper seconded the motion: formally support, give one's support to, vote for, back, approve, endorse. PHRASES second to none Lori's cheesecake is second to none: incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, inimitable, beyond compare /comparison, unparalleled, without parallel, unequaled, without equal, in a class of its own, peerless, unsurpassed, unsurpassable, nonpareil, unique; perfect, consummate, transcendent, surpassing, superlative, supreme; formal unexampled.

 

second

second 2 noun I'll only be gone for a second: moment, bit, little while, short time, instant, split second, eyeblink, heartbeat; informal sec, jiffy, the blink of an eye. PHRASES in a second I can fix that lamp in a second: very soon, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, shortly, any minute (now ), in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than ) no time, in no time at all, momentarily; informal in a jiffy, in two shakes (of a lamb's tail ), in the blink of an eye, in a snap; literary ere long.

 

second

second 3 verb he was seconded to my department: assign temporarily, lend; transfer, move, shift, relocate, assign, reassign, send.

 

secondary

secondary adjective 1 a secondary issue: less important, subordinate, lesser, minor, peripheral, incidental, ancillary, subsidiary, nonessential, inessential, of little account, unimportant. ANTONYMS primary. 2 secondary infections: accompanying, attendant, concomitant, consequential, resulting, resultant. ANTONYMS primary.

 

second-class

second-class adjective we were treated like second-class citizens: second-rate, second-best, inferior, lesser, unimportant.

 

secondhand

secondhand adjective 1 secondhand clothes: used, old, worn, preowned, handed-down, hand-me-down, castoff; informal preloved. ANTONYMS new. 2 secondhand information: indirect, derivative; vicarious. ANTONYMS direct. ▶adverb I ignore anything I hear secondhand: indirectly, at secondhand; informal on the grapevine. ANTONYMS directly.

 

second-in-command

second-in-command noun while Reade is recuperating, Dunlop will be my second-in-command: deputy, number two, subordinate, right-hand man /woman, second; understudy; informal sidekick, second banana.

 

secondly

secondly adverb in the first place you're too young, and secondly it's too dangerous: furthermore, also, moreover, likewise; second, in the second place, next; secondarily.

 

second-rate

second-rate adjective I would never buy second-rate shoes: inferior, substandard, low-quality, below par, bad, poor, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, shoddy, chintzy, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable; informal crummy, not up to scratch /snuff, rinky-dink. ANTONYMS first-rate, excellent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

second (stress on the first syllable)

second 1 |(stress on the first syllable )| adjective 1 the second day of the trial: next, following, after the first, subsequent, ensuing, succeeding, coming. ANTONYMS first, preceding. 2 would you like a second helping? additional, extra, fresh, another, further, repeat, supplementary, supplemental. ANTONYMS first. 3 he keeps a second pair of glasses in his office: spare, extra, additional, alternative, another, backup, relief, fallback, substitute, auxiliary, ancillary; redundant, surplus, superfluous; N. Amer. alternate. ANTONYMS primary, principal. 4 Malcolm is dropping down to captain the second team: secondary, lower, subordinate, subsidiary, lesser, minor, subservient, supporting, lower-grade, inferior. ANTONYMS first, top. 5 there was a fear that the conflict would turn into a second Vietnam: another, duplicate, reproduction, twin, double, new, replicate, matching; repeat of, copy of, carbon copy of. ANTONYMS original. PHRASES have second thoughts I had second thoughts about the original review myself: rethink, reconsider, review, revise, re-examine, re-evaluate, reassess, reappraise, think better of, think over, take another look at, look at in a different light, have another think about; change, alter, modify; think again, think twice, review one's position, come round, change one's mind. second thoughts not all of them come to the decision easily, and their nervousness and second thoughts are a natural result: qualm, misgivings, doubt, reservation, scruple; suspicion, distrust, mistrust, lack of faith, lack of confidence, diffidence; trepidation, scepticism, worry, unease, uneasiness, anxiety, apprehension, uncertainty, niggle, disquiet, disquietude, hesitation, hesitance, hesitancy. second to none the hotel offers a level of service that is second to none: incomparable, matchless, unrivalled, inimitable, beyond compare, unparalleled, without parallel, unequalled, without equal, unmatched, in a class of its own, beyond comparison, peerless, unsurpassed, unsurpassable, nonpareil, unique; perfect, consummate, rare, exquisite, transcendent, surpassing, superlative, supreme; rare unexampled. ▶noun 1 Eva had been working as his second: assistant, attendant, helper, aide, supporter, backer, auxiliary, right-hand man /woman, girl /man Friday, second in command, number two, deputy, vice-, understudy, subordinate, adjutant, subaltern, henchman; informal sidekick. 2 (seconds ) informal he enjoyed the pie so much he asked for seconds: a second helping, a further helping, more. 3 (seconds ) sometimes factory shops sell seconds: imperfect goods, faulty goods, defective goods, flawed goods, inferior goods, rejects, export rejects, discards. ▶verb George Beale seconded the motion: formally support, give one's support to, announce one's support for, vote for, back, back up, approve, give one's approval to, endorse, promote, commend. WORD LINKS second deuter (o )- related prefix, as in deuterium, Deuteronomy Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

second (stress on the first syllable)

second 2 |(stress on the first syllable )| noun I'll only be gone for a second: moment, bit, little while, short time, instant, split second; informal sec, jiffy, jiff; Brit. informal mo, tick, two ticks. PHRASES in a second you'll see in a second: (very ) soon, in a minute, in a moment, in a trice, in a flash, shortly, any minute, any minute now, in a short time, in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, in (less than ) no time, in no time at all, before you know it, before long; N. Amer. momentarily; informal in a jiffy, in two shakes, in two shakes of a lamb's tail, before you can say Jack Robinson, in the blink of an eye, in a blink, in the wink of an eye, in a wink, before you can say knife; Brit. informal in a tick, in two ticks, in a mo; N. Amer. informal in a snap.

 

second (stress on the second syllable)

second 3 |(stress on the second syllable )| verb personnel are sometimes seconded to charities: assign temporarily, lend; transfer, move, shift, relocate, assign, reassign, send, attach, allocate, detail, appoint.

 

secondary

secondary adjective 1 ‘women's issues ’ have often been seen as secondary: subordinate, lesser, lower, lower-level, minor, peripheral, incidental, tangential, marginal, ancillary, subsidiary, subservient, non-essential, inessential, of little account, unimportant, less important. ANTONYMS primary, central. 2 primary sources are not necessarily more accurate than secondary sources: indirect, non-primary, derived, derivative, resulting, resultant, concomitant, accompanying, consequential, contingent, second-hand. ANTONYMS primary, direct. 3 they bombed their secondary target instead: alternative, spare, extra, additional, another, backup, supporting, relief, fallback, substitute, auxiliary; N. Amer. alternate. ANTONYMS primary, main.

 

second-class

second-class adjective we were treated like second-class citizens: second-rate, second-best, low-class, inferior, lesser, unimportant.

 

second-hand

second-hand adjective 1 a second-hand car: used, old, nearly new, worn, pre-owned, handed-down, cast-off; informal hand-me-down, reach-me-down. ANTONYMS new. 2 they shouldn't have to rely on second-hand information: indirect, secondary, derivative, derived, vicarious. ANTONYMS first-hand. ▶adverb the information was invariably gathered second-hand: indirectly, at second hand, on the bush /jungle telegraph; informal on the grapevine. ANTONYMS directly.

 

second in command

second in command noun he left it to his second in command to sort out the details: deputy, number two, subordinate, assistant, right-hand man /woman, vice-, understudy, lieutenant, adjutant, subaltern; informal sidekick.

 

secondly

secondly adverb firstly it is wrong and secondly it is difficult to implement: furthermore, also, moreover; second, in the second place, next; secondarily.

 

second-rate

second-rate adjective he replied tetchily that he never made second-rate films: substandard, below standard, below par, bad, deficient, defective, faulty, imperfect, inferior, mediocre; abject, poor, appalling, abysmal, atrocious, awful, terrible, dismal, dreadful, unsatisfactory, low-grade, third-rate, jerry-built, shoddy, crude, tinny, trashy, rubbishy, miserable, wretched, lamentable, deplorable, pitiful, inadequate, insufficient, unacceptable, execrable, frightful; informal crummy, dire, bum, diabolical, rotten, sad, tatty, tacky, tenth-rate; Brit. informal ropy, duff, rubbish, pants, a load of pants, grotty; vulgar slang crap, crappy; archaic direful; rare egregious. ANTONYMS first-rate, excellent.

 

Duden Dictionary

Seconda

Se con da Substantiv, feminin schweizerisch , die |Sec o nda |italienisch seconda = die Zweite, vgl. Secondo Angehörige der zweiten Generation von Zuwanderern

 

seconda volta

se con da vol ta Musik |sec o nda v o lta |lateinisch-italienisch das zweite Mal (bei der Wiederholung eines Teils ); vgl. prima volta

 

secondhand

se cond hand Adverb |ˈsɛkəndˈhænd |englisch second-hand = aus zweiter Hand, gebraucht aus zweiter Hand, gebraucht etwas secondhand kaufen

 

Secondhand

Se cond hand Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈsɛkəndˈhænd |die Secondhand; Genitiv: der Secondhand Kurzwort für: Secondhandware

 

Secondhandkleidung

Se cond hand klei dung Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈsɛkəndˈhænd …|ohne Plural gebrauchte Kleidung

 

Secondhandladen

Se cond hand la den Substantiv, maskulin , der der Secondhandladen < Plural: Secondhandläden > Secondhandshop

 

Secondhandshop

Se cond hand shop Substantiv, maskulin , der |Secondhandshop |englisch second-hand shop Geschäft für Secondhandwaren

 

Secondhandware

Se cond hand wa re Substantiv, feminin , die gebrauchte Ware, besonders gebrauchte Kleidung Kurzform: Secondhand

 

Second Life

Se cond Life Substantiv, Neutrum , das ® |ˈsɛkənt ˈla͜if |das Second Life; Genitiv: des Second Life englisch eine virtuelle Welt im Internet

 

Second Line

Se cond Line Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈsɛkənt ˈla͜in |die Second Line; Genitiv: der Second Line englisch ; »zweite Reihe «1 Schar von kleinen Jungen und Halbwüchsigen, die früher hinter den Straßenkapellen in New Orleans herzog 2 Nachwuchskräfte im Jazz

 

secondo

se con do Adverb Musik |sec o ndo |lateinisch-italienisch das Zweite hinter dem Namen eines Instruments zur Angabe der Reihenfolge

 

Secondo

Se con do Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , das |Sec o ndo |das Secondo; Genitiv: des Secondos, Plural: die Secondos und Secondi 1 zweite Stimme 2 Bass bei vierhändigem Klavierspiel; Gegensatz Primo

 

Secondo

Se con do Substantiv, maskulin schweizerisch , der |Sec o ndo |der Secondo; Genitiv: des Secondos, Plural: die Secondos italienisch secondo = der Zweite < lateinisch secundus, Sekunde Angehöriger der zweiten Generation von Zuwanderern

 

French Dictionary

second

second , onde adj. adjectif Qui vient après le premier. : Cet enfant est leur second fils. Note Technique On emploie généralement l ’adjectif second quand il n ’y a que deux éléments; autrement, on utilisera plutôt deuxième. LOCUTIONS De seconde main. Qui vient d ’un intermédiaire. : Un renseignement de seconde main. Second proposeur. Personne qui, dans une assemblée délibérante, appuie une proposition. : Avons-nous un second proposeur (et non *secondeur )? SYNONYME coproposeur . Prononciation Le c se prononce g, et le e de la première syllabe se prononce ou non, [səgɔ̃, ɔ̃d, sgɔ̃, ɔ̃d ]

 

secondaire

secondaire adj. et n. m. adjectif 1 Qui vient au second rang, accessoire. : Cette question est secondaire. 2 Qui est relatif à l ’enseignement qui suit l ’enseignement primaire. : Une école secondaire. 3 économie Se dit du secteur d ’activité économique qui regroupe les activités de transformation des matières premières en biens (industrie ). : Cette entreprise entend non seulement produire des pièces, mais aussi proposer des solutions à l ’industrie automobile et aéronautique ou, en d ’autres mots, passer du secteur secondaire au tertiaire. nom masculin 1 Ordre de l ’enseignement obligatoire, comportant généralement deux cycles, qui suit l ’enseignement primaire et le complète (GDT ). : Les enseignants et les élèves du secondaire. Théo sera bientôt en troisième année du secondaire, en troisième du secondaire, en troisième secondaire, en 3 e secondaire ou il a atteint la troisième année du secondaire, la troisième du secondaire, la troisième secondaire, la 3 e secondaire (et non il est en *secondaire lll ou 3 ). 2 économie Secteur d ’activité économique comprenant les activités de transformation des matières premières en biens (industrie ). : Le primaire et le secondaire. LOCUTIONS Effet secondaire. médecine Conséquence prévisible d ’un médicament dans un domaine autre que celui pour lequel il est administré. : Ce médicament entraîne des effets secondaires (et non *adverses ). Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec effet indésirable, conséquence fâcheuse non recherchée. Enseignement secondaire. Enseignement qui suit l ’enseignement primaire. : Les enseignants du secondaire. Marie-Ève est en 3 e secondaire. Secteur secondaire. Secteur d ’activité économique qui regroupe les activités de transformation des matières premières en biens (industrie ). Note Technique Le secteur primaire regroupe les activités productrices de matières premières (agriculture, mines, etc. ); le secteur tertiaire, les services (administration, transport, informatique, etc. ); le secteur quaternaire, les activités de recherche, de conseil. FORMES FAUTIVES cours secondaire. Impropriété pour enseignement secondaire. niveau secondaire. Impropriété pour enseignement secondaire. Prononciation Le c se prononce g et le e de la première syllabe se prononce ou non, [səgɔ̃dɛr, sgɔ̃dɛr ]

 

seconde

seconde n. f. nom féminin Symbole s (s ’écrit sans point ). Note Typographique Les symboles des unités de mesure n ’ont pas de point abréviatif, ne prennent pas la marque du pluriel et ne doivent pas être divisés en fin de ligne. Le train part à 15 h 35 min 10 s précises. 1 Unité de mesure de temps correspondant à la soixantième partie de la minute. : Une durée de 15 secondes. Note Typographique La notation de l ’heure réunit les indications des unités par ordre décroissant, sans interposition de virgule et avec un espace de part et d ’autre de chaque symbole. 14 h 25 min 45 s précisément. 2 figuré Moment. : Je viens dans quelques secondes. SYNONYME instant . LOCUTIONS Dans une seconde Très rapidement. : J ’arrive dans une seconde, attends-moi. En une fraction de seconde. Immédiatement, très vite. : En une fraction de seconde, le bateau a coulé à pic. Prononciation Le c se prononce g et le e de la première syllabe se prononce ou non, [səgɔ̃d, sgɔ̃d ]

 

seconder

seconder v. tr. verbe transitif Aider. : Il est très bien secondé, le personnel est très compétent. SYNONYME assister ; épauler . FORME FAUTIVE seconder (une proposition ). Anglicisme au sens de appuyer. : J ’appuie (et non je *seconde ) la proposition de M me Dubois. aimer Prononciation Le c se prononce g et le e de la première syllabe se prononce ou non, [səgɔ̃de, sgɔ̃de ]

 

secondeur

secondeur FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour second proposeur, coproposeur.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

second

sec ond 1 /sék (ə )nd /〖語源は 「順序が次に来る 」; 〗→first 語源 (形 )secondary 形容詞 比較なし 1 a. 〖通例the ～〗第2の , 2番目の , 2度目の (｟略 ｠2nd )▸ This is the second time I've visited Tokyo Disneyland .東京ディズニーランドに来たのはこれで2回目だ (!(1 )主節が現在形の時は従属節中は通例現在完了形. (2 )主節が過去形の時は従属節中は通例過去完了形:This [That ] was the second time I had visited …) ▸ by the second half of next year 来年の下半期までに ▸ a second -year student 2年生 .b. 〖be ～〗(順位において )第2位である ▸ He was second in the contest. ≒He won second prize .彼はコンテストでは2位になった (↓副詞 1 ; →prize 1 名詞 1 ).2 〖名詞 の前で; a ～〗もう1つの , 別の (another )▸ I asked that same question a second time .私はその同じ質問をもう一度した ▸ win a second term as president 大統領にもう1期当選する ▸ I want a second chance .もう一度チャンスが欲しい ▸ a second car セカンドカー ▸ He is a second Einstein .彼はアインシュタインの生まれ変わりだ (≒He is an Einstein. ; →a 11 d ).3 (重要性 大きさ 質の点で ) «…に » 次ぐ , 従属的な , 補助の «to » ; 二流の ▸ Matsui is second to Ramirez with 30 home runs .松井はホームラン30本でラミレスに次ぐ for the s è cond t í me 2度目に , 再び ▸ He got married for the second time .彼は再婚した .in the s è cond pl á ce 次に, 第2番目として .s è cond ó nly to A Aを除けば何にも劣らない ▸ Kentucky is second only to North Carolina in tobacco production .ケンタッキー州はノースカロライナ州を除けばタバコの生産量が1位である .s è cond to n ó ne だれ [何 ]にも劣らない, 一番の ▸ She is second to none in math .彼女は数学ではだれにも負けない (≒She is the best [better than anyone else ] in math. )▸ As a singer, he is second to none .歌では彼が一番だ .s è cond to the l á st (A )｟主に米 ｠〖しばしばthe /one's ～〗最後から2番目 (のA ) (!副詞的に用いるときは通例無冠詞; →last 1 but one two, three (A )) ▸ the second to the last paragraph 最後から2番目の段落 .副詞 比較なし 1 〖主に文尾で 〗(順位 重要性の点で ) «…に次いで » 2番目に «to » ▸ He refused to speak second .彼は2番目にしゃべるのを拒否した ▸ She is a scholar first and his wife second .彼女は学者が第一で, 彼の妻であることは後回しだ ▸ He came [｟主に書 ｠finished ] second (to Ed ) in the contest .彼はコンテストで (エドに次いで )2等 [2位 ]に入った .2 〖文修飾 〗(2番目の並列要素を導入して )第2に (secondly ) (!主に論文調の ｟書 ｠や演説などで; →in addition 読解のポイント ) ▸ He helped me with my homework first because he wanted to, and second because I asked him to .彼が僕の宿題を手伝ってくれた . 1つには彼自身が手伝いたいと思っていたからで第2に僕が手伝ってくれと頼んだからだ .名詞 複 ～s /-dz /1 C 〖通例the ～〗(順序の点で ) «…する » 第2番目の人 [もの ] «to do » (→be 自動詞 1a 表現 ); (競技などの )2位 , 2等賞 ▸ He was the second to solve the difficult problem .彼は2番目にその難問を解いた .2 U 〖通例the ～〗(月の )第2日 ▸ Today is the second of March .今日は3月2日だ (╳the second Marchとしない; 日付の示し方は →April 語法 )▸ The conference will be from the second to the sixth of April .会議は4月2日から6日までの予定だ .3 C ｟くだけて ｠〖～s 〗(食事の )お代わり ▸ Seconds, anybody? だれかお代わりが欲しいですか ▸ Seconds are available on chicken .鶏肉はお代わりがあります ▸ ask for seconds お代わりを下さいと言う .4 C 〖通例 ～s 〗傷物 , わけあり商品 , 二級品 .5 U (自動車のギアの )第2段 , セカンド (ギア )(second gear )▸ change down from third to second ギアをサードからセカンドに落とす .6 〖the S-; 人名の後で 〗2世 ▸ Queen Elizabeth the Second 女王エリザベス2世 (!通例Elizabeth IIと書く ) .7 U 〖通例無冠詞で 〗〘野球 〙2塁 , セカンドベース (second base )(→baseball ); 2塁手 (second baseman ; ｟男女共用 ｠second base player ).8 C ｟英 ｠(大学の成績で ) «…の » 第2級 «in » (!upper secondは平均よりやや上, lower secondは平均; →first 名詞 5 , third 名詞 9 ) ▸ get a second in German ドイツ語で第2級の成績を取る .9 C 〘ボクシング 〙セコンド ; (昔の正式な決闘などの )介添人 .be [c ò me, f ì nish ] a d ì stant [p ò or ] s é cond «…よりも » はるかに劣ったものとなる «to » ▸ In terms of tradition, Japan is a distant second to China .伝統の観点から言えば日本は中国の足元にも及ばない .動詞 他動詞 1 〈提案 動議など 〉を支持する , …の採択に賛成する ; ｟書 ｠〖直接話法 〗…と言って賛成する (!伝達部は主に文中 文尾; →say 他動詞 1 a 語法 ) ▸ second A's proposal [motion ]A 〈人 〉の提案 [動議 ]に賛成する ▸ “I suggest the pizza. ” “I'll second that! ”｟話 ｠「ピザにしよう 」「賛成 」2 /sɪkɑ́nd |-kɔ́nd /｟英 ｠〖be ～ed 〗〈将校 公務員などが 〉 «…に » (一時的に )配置転換される «to » .S -̀ Á dvent 〖the ～〗＝Second Coming .～̀ b á llot 〖the ～〗決戦投票 .～̀ ban á na ｟米 おどけて ｠〖通例単数形で 〗脇役 ▸ play second banana 脇役を演ずる .～̀ ch á mber ｟主に英 ｠(二院制議会の )上院 (upper house ).～̀ ch í ldhood 〖a /one's ～〗1 (40 --60代で )若返りに挑戦する時期 .2 ｟遠回しに ｠老人ぼけの時期, もうろく (期 ).～̀ cl á ss 1 (飛行機 列車 船 客室などの )2等, (1等より安い )普通席 (→first class ).2 ｟米 ｠(郵便の )第2種 〘新聞 雑誌 広告など 〙; ｟英 ｠第2種, 普通便 〘第1種より安くて遅い; →first class 〙.S -̀ C ó ming 〖the ～〗(「最後の審判 」の日の )キリストの再臨 .～̀ c ó urse (コース料理で )2番目に出てくる料理 .～̀ c ó usin →cousin 1 .～̀ f í ddle →play second fiddle .～̀ fl ó or 〖the ～〗｟米 ｠2階 ; ｟英 ｠3階 (→floor 事情 ).～̀ gr ó wth 二番生え, 再生林 .～̀ h é lping (食事の )お代わり (!secondsともいう ) ▸ have a second helping お代わりをする .～̀ h ó me [h ó use ]別宅 ; 別荘 (!homeは一戸建てやマンションなどの別は問わないが, houseは一戸建てに用いる ) .～̀ l á nguage 第二言語 〘母語とは異なる言語 〙▸ learn English as a second language 英語を第二言語として学習する .～̀ lieut é nant 1 〘米陸軍 空軍 海兵隊 〙少尉 .2 〘英陸軍 〙少尉 .～̀ m á te [ó fficer ]〘海 〙2等航海士 .～̀ m ó rtgage 〘金融 〙二番抵当 .～̀ n á me 姓 (surname ); またの名, あだ名 .～̀ n á ture 第二の天性 ; 【人にとっての 】深く身についた習慣 «to » ; 〖it is ～ to do 〗…するのは深く身についた習慣だ ▸ Habit is second nature .｟ことわざ ｠習慣は第二の天性 ; 「習い性となる 」.～̀ op í nion セカンドオピニオン 〘別の医師の診断所見 〙.～̀ p é rson 〖the ～〗〘文法 〙二人称 .～̀ s é x 〖the ～; 集合的に 〗第二の性, 女性 (women ).～̀ s í ght 千里眼, 予知能力 .～̀ str í ng ｟主に米 ｠控え選手 .～̀ th ó ught 1 再考 (!｟英 ｠では ～s ) ▸ on second thought 考え直して (みると )▸ have second thoughts about the plan その計画を考え直す .2 〖否定文で; a ～〗深く [慎重に ]考えること ▸ without a second thought 深く考えずに .～̀ t ó oth 永久歯 (→milk tooth ).～̀ w í nd 1 平静な呼吸の回復 .2 ｟くだけて ｠元気の回復 ▸ get one's second wind 元気を取り戻す .S -̀ W ò rld W á r ｟主に英 ｠〖the ～〗＝World War II .

 

second

sec ond 2 /sék (ə )nd /〖語源は 「分の次に来る下位区分 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-dz /C 1 (時間 角度の単位の )秒 ( ｟略 ｠sec. , s.; ｟記号 ｠″)▸ Microwave the chicken for 50 seconds .〘レシピ 〙鶏肉を電子レンジに50秒かけます ▸ It will take about 30 seconds to get the fax through .そのファックスを送るのに30秒ほどかかります ▸ 10 degrees, 8 minutes, (and ) 20 seconds (角度の )10度8分20秒 (!10 °8 ′20 ″の読み方 ) .2 ｟主に話 ｠〖通例a ～〗ほんのちょっとの間 [時間 ](→moment 類義 ) (!｟くだけて ｠secともいう ) ▸ Wait [Just ] a second .ちょっと待ってください ▸ “Tim, have you got a second ?” “Of course. ”「ティム, ちょっと時間があるかい 」「もちろんだよ 」▸ It should be done in a second [(in ) any second , within seconds ].もう間もなく済みますから .the s é cond (that ) …〖接続詞的に 〗…する瞬間, …したとたんに (the moment ) (!｟コーパス ｠as soon asと違って通例不快さや意外さを暗示 ) ▸ The second (that ) Ross walks in that door, I want you to take him back to his bedroom .ロスがそのドアを入ってきたらすぐに彼の寝室に連れ戻して欲しい .～́ h à nd (時計の )秒針 .

 

secondary

sec ond ar y /sék (ə )ndèri |-d (ə )ri /→second 1 形容詞 比較なし 1 〖名詞 の前で 〗中等の 〈教育 〉▸ secondary education 中等教育 〘就学年齢はおよそ11 --16 [18 ]歳; ｟米 ｠ではjunior high school, high school, ｟英 ｠ではcomprehensive school, grammar school, public schoolなどにおいてそれぞれ行われている教育; →school 1 〙.2 a. 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(本来の [主要な ]ものと比べて )あまり重要でない , 二次的な , 副次的な , 第2の ▸ be of secondary importance さほど重要でない ▸ a secondary consideration 二の次に考える (べき )こと .b. 〖be ～〗【物 事よりも 】重要でない , «…に » 次ぐ «to » ▸ These issues are secondary to the peace process .これらの問題は和平交渉ほどは重要ではない .3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗続いて起こる , 二次的な 〈病気 感染など 〉▸ secondary infection 二次感染 .4 〘化 電 〙二次の , 第二級の .名詞 複 -ies C 1 二次的なもの [人 ].2 代理人 , 補助者 .3 〘アメフト 〙セカンダリー 〘前衛の後の第2守備陣 〙.～̀ á ccent [str é ss ]〘音声 〙第2アクセント [強勢 ] 〘この辞書では `で示す 〙.～̀ b ó ycott 〘法 〙第2次ボイコット 〘労働争議で取引先や顧客にも不買運動を広げること 〙.～̀ c ó lor 等和色 〘2原色を等分に混ぜた色 〙.～̀ m ó dern (sch ò ol )｟英 ｠セカンダリーモダンスクール 〘1970年代まで存在した中等学校の一種; 学問的教育を重視するgrammar schoolに対し広範囲な技術教育に重点を置く 〙.～́ sch ò ol 中等学校 〘high school ｟米 ｠, public school ｟英 ｠などの総称; ↑形容詞 1 〙.～́ w à ve 〘地 〙S波, (地震の )横波 .

 

second-best

s è cond-b é st s è cond b é st 形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗2番目の, 第2位の .2 次善の .come ò ff s è cond-b é st 2位に落ちる, 敗れる .名詞 U 〖時にa ～〗2番目によい人 [物 ], 次善の策 [物 ]▸ settle for second-best 次善のもので我慢する .

 

second-class

sec ond-class sec ond class /sèk (ə )n (d )klǽs |-klɑ́ːs / (! 名詞 の前ではs é cond-cl à ss ) 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 a. 二流の , 劣った (second-rate )▸ a second-class nation 二流の国 .b. 劣った扱いを受けた, 十分な権利を持たない ▸ second-class citizens 二級市民 .2 2等の 〈乗り物 〉▸ second-class passengers [tickets ]2等の乗客 [切符 ].3 〘郵 〙｟米 ｠第2種の 〈郵便物 〉 〘新聞 雑誌など 〙; ｟英 ｠普通郵便の (→first class ).4 ｟英 ｠2級の 〈学位 〉.副詞 (乗り物が )2等で ; (郵便が )｟米 ｠第2種で , ｟英 ｠普通で .

 

second-degree

s è cond-degr é e s è cond degr é e 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗1 第2度の 〈火傷 〉 (!first-degreeより重い ) .2 ｟米 ｠第2級の 〈犯罪 〉 (!first-classより軽い ) .～̀ b ú rn 〘医 〙2度熱傷, 第2度火傷 .

 

seconder

s é c ond er 名詞 C 後援者 ; (動議の )賛成者 .

 

second-guess

s è cond-gu é ss 動詞 ｟主に米 くだけて ｠他動詞 1 〈事態 行動 〉を予測 [予想 ]する .2 事が起こった後で [後知恵で ]…を批判する .自動詞 後から知恵が出る ; 予測 [予想 ]する .

 

secondhand

sec ond hand sec ond-hand /sèk (ə )n (d )hǽnd / (! 名詞 の前ではs é cond-h à nd ) 〖「(物が )次 [2番目 ]の手に移った 」＞「中古の 」〗形容詞 比較なし 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 a. 中古の , 使い古しの 〈車 服 本など 〉(↔brand-new )▸ second-hand clothes 古着 .b. 中古品を扱う ▸ a second-hand shop [bookstore ]中古品店 [古書店 ].2 また聞きの , 受け売りの 〈情報 見解 〉.副詞 1 中古で ▸ get [buy ] a car second-hand 中古車を買う .2 また聞きで .～̀ sm ó ke 二次喫煙の煙, (タバコの )副流煙 .

 

second-in-command

s è cond-in-comm á nd s è cond in comm á nd 名詞 C 1 〘軍 〙副司令官 .2 次長 .

 

secondly

sec ond ly /sék (ə )n (d )li /→second 1 副詞 〖文頭で 〗第二に , 2つ目に (!主張 理由などを順序立てて述べる方法の1つ; しばしばFirst [Firstly ] … に続く; →in addition 読解のポイント ) .

 

secondment

sec ond ment /sɪkɑ́ndmənt |-kɔ́n -/名詞 U C 〖単数形で 〗｟主に英 かたく ｠(特別な任務のため ) «本来の職務から /…へ » 一時的に離れている期間 ; 一時解任 «from /to » ▸ He is on secondment from the head office .彼は本社から出向している .

 

second-rate

sec ond-rate /sèk (ə )n (d )réɪt /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗質の悪い , 二流の (second-class )▸ a second-rate actor [movie ]二流の役者 [映画 ].

 

second-string

s è cond-str í ng 形容詞 ｟米 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗二軍の 〈選手 チーム 〉, 代わりの .