English words starting with sec - page 1

Meanings of Second fiddle:

phrase

A secondary role or function

idiom

To be less important or in a weaker position than someone else

Usage examples:

I'm not prepared to play second fiddle to christina any more - i'm looking for another job!

Meanings of Second wind:

noun

A person's ability to breathe freely during exercise, after having been out of breath.

Usage examples:

He seemed to falter halfway through the race before finding his second wind

Meanings of Second-childhood:

noun

A situation in which someone starts to behave like a child, especially because of mental weakness caused by old age

Usage examples:

Her grandfather's in his second childhood and talks nonsense most of the time.

Meanings of Second-class:

adjective

Considered to be less important or of lower quality than others

Usage examples:

The poor are treated as second-class citizens.

Meanings of Second-guess:

verb

To criticize someone's decision after it has been made, and say what you think is wrong with it

Usage examples:

It doesn't help to second-guess their decision.

Meanings of Second-hand:

adjective

Previously owned by someone else

Usage examples:

Second-hand cars/goods/market, we bought it second-hand from a mercedes dealer.

Meanings of Second-in-command:

noun

Someone who is almost as important as the person in charge

Usage examples:

Well, if the manager isn't available i'd like to speak to the second-in-command.

Meanings of Second-rate:

adjective

Not of good quality

Usage examples:

A second-rate hotel

Meanings of Second-sight:

noun

An unusual ability that some people are thought to have that allows them to know without being told what will happen in the future or what is happening in a different place

Meanings of Second-thought:

noun

A change in a decision or opinion

Usage examples:

He apparently had second thoughts about that remark., on second thought (= after thinking about it …

Meanings of Second-thoughts:

noun

A change in a decision or opinion

Usage examples:

He apparently had second thoughts about that remark., on second thought (= after thinking about it …

Meanings of Second-to-none:

idiom

As good as or better than all others

Usage examples:

The conditions that these prisoners are kept in are second to none.

Meanings of Secondaries:

noun

A secondary school.

Usage examples:

About a third of kent secondaries are grammar schools, another third secondary moderns and the rest…

adjective

Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

Usage examples:

The plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters

Meanings of Secondarily:

adverb

As a secondary or less important factor.

Usage examples:

Through trade, and perhaps secondarily through publishing, he was very wealthy

Meanings of Secondary:

adjective

Coming after, less important than, or resulting from someone or something else that is primary.

Usage examples:

The plot is of secondary importance: what matters most is the relationships between the characters

noun

Former term for mesozoic.

Meanings of Secondary-meaning:

noun

If particular common words, patterns, etc. are considered to have a secondary meaning, they are so closely connected in people's minds with a particular product or service that they can be protected as a trademark

Usage examples:

Surnames are not given protection as a trademark until they achieve secondary meaning through exten…

Meanings of Secondary-stress:

adjective

Less important than ...

Meanings of Seconde:

noun

The second of eight parrying positions.

Usage examples:

The two or seconde parry is powerful and can knock a fencer attacking in the low line off balance i…

Meanings of Seconded:

verb

Formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion.

Usage examples:

Bridgeman seconded maxwell's motion calling for the reform

ordinal number

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

Usage examples:

He married for a second time

noun

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.

Usage examples:

Torrance squeezed the trigger, waited twenty five seconds and fired again.

Meanings of Seconder:

noun

A person who seconds a motion (= official suggestion made at a meeting) so there can be a discussion or vote

Usage examples:

We need a proposer and seconder for each nomination to the committee.

Meanings of Seconders:

noun

A person who seconds a motion (= official suggestion made at a meeting) so there can be a discussion or vote

Usage examples:

We need a proposer and seconder for each nomination to the committee.

Meanings of Secondes:

noun

The second of eight parrying positions.

Usage examples:

The two or seconde parry is powerful and can knock a fencer attacking in the low line off balance i…

Meanings of Secondhand:

noun

An extra hand in some watches and clocks that moves round to indicate the seconds.

adjective

(of goods) having had a previous owner; not new.

Usage examples:

A second-hand car

adverb

On the basis that something has had a previous owner.

Usage examples:

Tips on the pitfalls to avoid when buying second-hand

Meanings of Secondi:

noun

The second or lower part in a duet.

Usage examples:

Far from the old-style duet where the secondo is merely playing backup for the primo, this duet fea…

Meanings of Seconding:

verb

Formally support or endorse (a nomination or resolution or its proposer) as a necessary preliminary to adoption or further discussion.

Usage examples:

Bridgeman seconded maxwell's motion calling for the reform

ordinal number

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

Usage examples:

He married for a second time

noun

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.

Usage examples:

Torrance squeezed the trigger, waited twenty five seconds and fired again.