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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
second1 /ˈsɛk(ə)nd/

▶ordinal number

• 1 constituting number two in a sequence; coming after the first in time or order; 2nd.

  ■ secondly.

  ■ (seconds) informal a second course or second helping of food at a meal.

  ■ denoting someone or something reminiscent of a better-known predecessor: the conflict could turn into a second Vietnam.

• 2 subordinate or inferior in position, rank, or importance.

  ■ Brit. a place in the second grade in an examination for a university degree.

  ■ Music performing a lower or subordinate of two or more parts for the same instrument or voice.

  ■ (seconds) goods of an inferior quality.

  ■ coarse flour, or bread made from it.

• 3 Music an interval spanning two consecutive notes in a diatonic scale.

  ■ the note which is higher by this interval than the tonic of a diatonic scale or root of a chord.

• 4 an attendant assisting a combatant in a duel or boxing match.

• 5 a Cub or Brownie who assists the Sixer.

▶verb

• 1 formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution) before adoption or further discussion.

  ■ express agreement with.

• 2 archaic support; back up.

– phrases
second to none the best, worst, fastest, etc.

– derivatives
seconder noun,
secondly adverb.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. secundus ‘following, second’, from the base of sequi ‘follow’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
second2 /ˈsɛk(ə)nd/

▶noun

• 1 (abbrev.: s or ʺ) a sixtieth of a minute of time, which as the SI unit of time is defined in terms of the natural periodicity of the radiation of a caesium-133 atom.

  ■ informal a very short time.

• 2 (also arc second or second of arc) a sixtieth of a minute of angular distance. (Symbol: ʺ)

– origin ME: from med. L. secunda (minuta) ‘second (minute)’, fem. (used as n.) of secundus, referring to the ‘second’ operation of dividing an hour by sixty.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
second3 /sɪˈkɒnd/

▶verb Brit. temporarily transfer (a worker) to another position.

– derivatives
secondee /-ˈdiː/ noun,
secondment noun.

– origin C19: from Fr. en second ‘in the second rank (of officers)’.