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second

sec·ond

другий

второй

zweite

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

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/ˈsɛk.ənd/

» She is a second year student.

Она - второкурсница.

Вона другокурсниця.

Meaning

3 senses

(not comparable)Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
He lives on Second Street.
The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".
zweite, zweite
второ́йvtorój, второ́йvtorój
дру́гийdrúhyj, другийdruhyj
(not comparable)Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.
(not comparable)Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.

More definitions

a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in pitch than or subordinate to the first
coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude

Examples

2353 sentences

She is a second year student.
Вона другокурсниця. — deniko
ruОна - второкурсница. — shanghainese
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I'll be back in a second.
Я повернуся за секунду. — Ahha
ruЯ вернусь через секунду. — Olya
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Can you hold on a second?
Можеш зачекати одну секунду? — deniko
deKannst du mal kurz warten? — Luiaard
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Tom was here a second ago.
Том був тут секунду тому. — deniko
ruТом был здесь секунду назад. — marafon
deTom war vor einer Sekunde hier. — wolfgangth
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Let me think for a second.
Дай-но я подумаю секундочку. — deniko
ruДай мне секунду подумать. — odexed
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

second (numeral) — see also 2nd:

that comes after the first:

Русский

By meaning 1

second (numeral) — see also 2nd:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

second (numeral) — see also 2nd:

Origin

From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seo

From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)).

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