second
US /ˈsɛkənd/
・UK /'sekənd/
A1
adjecitve
- 2nd; the one following first
noun
- Unit of time; one sixtieth of a minute
- Short period of time that you wait for someone
- (Do) soon
verb
- To agree to support a proposal at a meeting
Examples
He got a good second in history.
If he'd reacted a fraction of a second later, he would surely have died.