second
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second is part of the Basic English 850.
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Pronunciation [change]
- enPR: sĕ'kənd
- IPA: /ˈsɛkənd/
- SAMPA: /"sEk@nd/
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Adjective [change]
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- (ordinal number) The second thing is the one that is number two (2) in order.
- I only have one older brothers and one younger brother. I'm the second child.
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- A second is 1/60 of a minute. Sixty seconds is one minute.
- The winner won the race by five seconds.
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- If you second a nomination, you support it and it will be voted.
- So moved. Do we have a second?