seconds
/ˈsɛkəndz//ˈsɛk.əndz/noun
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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.
(usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
Example: They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.
verb
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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.)
Example: I second the motion.
To follow in the next place; to succeed.
To climb after a lead climber.
noun
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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.
Example: I'll be there in a second.
noun
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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.
Example: If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.
Aid; assistance; help.
verb
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To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
Example: 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.)
Example: I second the motion.
To accompany by singing as the second performer.