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second adjective

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
 второй, второ́й

second noun

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛkənd/ , /ˈsɛkɪnd/
  • (usually, in the plural) An additional helping of food.
 добавка
  • (music) 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).
 секу́нда, секунда

secondment noun

  /səˈkɒn(d)mənt/
  • The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.
 командировка

secondment

командирование

second noun

  /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
 секу́нда, миг, моме́нт, секунда
  • A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
 секу́нда, секунда
  • A unit of time historically and commonly defined as a sixtieth of a minute which the International System of Units more precisely defines as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
 секу́нда, секунда, миг, моме́нт

second noun

  /səˈkɑnd/ , /səˈkɒnd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
 секунда́нт

second verb

  /səˈkɑnd/ , /səˈkɒnd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nd/ , /ˈsɛk.(ə)nt/
  • (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
 командирова́ть, откомандиро́вывать, откомандирова́ть
  • (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from etymology 1 above.)
 подде́рживать, поддержа́ть

seconds noun

  /ˈsɛk.əndz/ , /ˈsɛk.ənts/ , /ˈsɛkəndz/
  • A second helping of food for one person, or refill of coffee or other drink.
 добавка
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