ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Seconds

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsɛk.əndz/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Seconds is a noun meaning plural of second.

Meaning

plural of second.

More Meanings

  1. A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
  2. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount
  3. Any article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour.
  4. third-person singular simple present indicative of second

Example Sentences

There are sixty seconds in a minute.
There is plenty of pie left, if you have room for seconds.
It was marked as seconds, but I can't find anything wrong with it.
Everybody helped themselves to seconds and Meren even went for thirds. He had always been partial to good food.

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Related dictionary entries include sec, moment, instant, intermediate, endorsement, endorse.

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