second

1. (noun) Something that is number two in a series. 2. (noun) Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority. 3. (noun) The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest. 4. (noun) (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards. 5. (noun) (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food. 6. (noun) A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.) 7. (noun) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental). 8. (noun) The second gear of an engine. 9. (noun) Second base. 10. (noun) The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel. 11. (noun) A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer. 12. (verb) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.) 13. (verb) To follow in the next place; to succeed. 14. (verb) To climb after a lead climber. 15. (adjective) Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two. 16. (adjective) Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. 17. (adjective) Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another. 18. (adverb) (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank. 19. (adverb) After the first occurrence but before the third.