second

I

adj.

inferior

1) second to (second to none)

placing after the first

2) to come in second (in a race)

II

n.

one who ranks after the first

1) a close second

assistant

2) a second to smb.

3) (misc.) seconds away! (in wrestling); seconds out! (in boxing)

second gear

4) in second (don't start in second)

vote of endorsement

5) (do I hear) a second to (the motion?)

III

n.

sixtieth part of a minute

1) a split second

2) for a second (I'm stepping out into the corridor for a second)

3) in a second (she'll be here in a second)

4) (misc.) wait a second; it will take a second

IV

/si'kond/ v. (BE) (D; tr.) ('to assign temporarily') to second from; to (she was seconded from the British Council to a university)

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['sekənd]

it will take a second

seconds out! (in boxing)

to (she was seconded from the British Council to a university)

(BE) (D; temporarily') to second from

(misc.) wait a second

['assistant'] a second to smb.

['one who ranks after the first'] a close second

['sixtieth part of a minute'] a split second

for a second (I'm stepping out into the corridor for a second)

['second gear'] in second (don't start in second)

['placing after the first'] to come in second (in a race)

(misc.) seconds away! (in wrestling)

in a second (she'll be here in a second)

['vote of endorsement'] (do I hear) a second to (the motion?)

['inferior'] second to (second to none)