1. second - Noun
2. second - Adjective
3. second - Verb
4. second - Adverb
5. second - Adjective Satellite
Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
Being of the same kind as another that has preceded; another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy; a second deluge.
One who, or that which, follows, or comes after; one next and inferior in place, time, rank, importance, excellence, or power.
One who follows or attends another for his support and aid; a backer; an assistant; specifically, one who acts as another's aid in a duel.
Aid; assistance; help.
An article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; esp., a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
The sixtieth part of a minute of time or of a minute of space, that is, the second regular subdivision of the degree; as, sound moves about 1,140 English feet in a second; five minutes and ten seconds north of this place.
In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8.
The interval between any tone and the tone which is represented on the degree of the staff next above it.
The second part in a concerted piece; -- often popularly applied to the alto.
To follow in the next place; to succeed; to alternate.
To follow or attend for the purpose of assisting; to support; to back; to act as the second of; to assist; to forward; to encourage.
Specifically, to support, as a motion or proposal, by adding one's voice to that of the mover or proposer.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. Julius Caesar
There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
A friend is, as it were, a second self. Cicero
A love that can last forever takes but a second to come about. Cuban Proverb
You can't complain about the sea if you suffer shipwreck for the second time. Icelandic Proverb
The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity. Hindi Proverb