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second |
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second adjective | noun | verb
1 adjective 1.•the second day of the trial:next, following, subsequent, succeeding. ANT first, preceding. 2.•he keeps a second pair of glasses in his office:additional, extra, alternative, another, spare, backup, fallback, alternate. ANT primary. 3.•he was demoted to the second level:secondary, lower, subordinate, subsidiary, lesser, inferior. ANT first, top. 4.•the conflict could turn into a second Vietnam:another, new | repeat of, copy of, carbon copy of. ANT 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.
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.
3 verb •he was seconded to my department:assign temporarily, lend | transfer, move, shift, relocate, assign, reassign, send. |
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