Definitions for seconds
seconds
sec·ond
Spelling: [sek-uh nd]
IPA: /ˈsɛk ənd/
Seconds is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 154 anagrams from letters in seconds (cdenoss).
Definitions for seconds
noun
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a second part.
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the second member of a series.
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a person who aids or supports another; assistant; backer.
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Boxing. a person who, between rounds of a prizefight, gives aid, advice, etc., to a boxer.
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a person who serves as a representative or attendant of a duelist.
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Automotive. second gear.
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a person or thing that is next after the first in place, time, or value.
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a person or thing that is next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance.
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Usually, seconds. an additional helping of food:
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a person who expresses formal support of a motion so that it may be discussed or put to a vote.
an act or instance of doing this.
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(in certain British universities) a type or grade of college degree granted according to a student's performance on specific written and oral examinations.
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Music.
a tone on the next degree from a given tone.
the interval between such tones.
the harmonic combination of such tones.
the lower of two parts in a piece of concerted music.
a voice or instrument performing such a part.
an alto.
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Usually, seconds. Commerce. goods below the first or highest quality, especially containing visible flaws.
Compare first (def 17), third (def 12).
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Metallurgy. a piece of somewhat defective but salable tin plate.
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Baseball. second base.
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the sixtieth part of a minute of time.
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a moment or instant:
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the basic unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation in a transition, or energy level change, of the cesium atom. Symbol: s, S; Abbreviation: sec.
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Geometry, Astronomy. the sixtieth part of a minute of angular measure, often represented by the sign ″, as in 30″, which is read as 30 seconds.
Compare angle1 (def 1c).
adverb
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in the second place, group, etc.; secondly:
adjective
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next after the first; being the ordinal number for two.
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being the latter of two equal parts.
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next after the first in place, time, or value:
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next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance:
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alternate:
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inferior.
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Grammar. noting or pertaining to the second person.
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Music. being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice:
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other or another:
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Automotive. of, relating to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which drive shaft speed is greater than that of low gear but not so great as that of other gears for a given engine crankshaft speed:
verb (used with object)
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to assist or support.
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to further or advance, as aims.
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(in parliamentary procedure) to express formal support of (a motion, proposal, etc.), as a necessary preliminary to further discussion or to voting.
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to act as second to (a boxer, duelist, etc.).
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British. to transfer (an officer, official, or the like) temporarily to another post.
Origin of seconds
1250-1300; Middle English (adj., noun and adv.) Old French (adj.) Latin secundus following, next, second, equivalent to sec- (base of sequī to follow) + -undus adj. suffix
Examples for seconds
Not 90 seconds later, Brown lay shot to death in broad daylight in the middle of a Missouri street.
There was a silence that seemed long, though it was measured in the passing of seconds.
seconds in, I wanted it to stop, but it just kept going and going.
Latitude of camp 26 degrees 42 minutes 43 seconds by Regulus.
Sprinkle on the flour and cook for 30 seconds, stirring constantly.
For seconds, there was revealed the busy stenographer, bent over his pad.
The suddenness of it all held Mary voiceless for long seconds.
Cheap jars are likely to be seconds and will not prove so satisfactory.
The missile fell back to earth after just 40 seconds in the air.
“About 30 seconds and traffic started going, but no one blew their horns,” Johnson told the grand jury.