Parola del giorno in inglese

second

secondo

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
second
1. corrisponde al numero cardinale 2, secondo
2. sost. (inv) una persona o cosa che occupa la seconda posizione, secondo
3. sost. (automobile) (inv) seconda marcia
4. sost. (baseball) la seconda base
5. sost. (normalmente al plurale) seconda scelta
6. sost. (normalmente al plurale) un'altra porzione di cibo
If there is any food left, I want seconds. — Se rimane del cibo, voglio un'altra porzione.
7. sost. una seconda possibilità
8. sost. (fisica) sessantesimo di un minuto, secondo
There are 60 seconds in a minute. — Ci sono 60 secondi in un minuto.
9. sost. periodo di tempo breve e indeterminato
Be there in a second. — Ci sarò tra poco.
10. verb. (En-uk) distaccare, comandare
11. verb. assecondare, secondare, appoggiare, sostenere
inglese > inglese
second
1. adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
He lives on Second Street.
The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".
You take the first one, and I'll have the second.
2. adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
3. adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
4. adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
Saturn is the second largest planet.
5. adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
He is batting second today.
6. subst. One that is number two in a series.
7. subst. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
8. subst. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
9. subst. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.
10. subst. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.
11. subst. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
12. subst. (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).
13. subst. The second gear of an engine.
14. subst. (baseball) Second base.
15. subst. 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.https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/31/appeal-court-upholds
16. subst. A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
17. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)
I second the motion.
18. v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
19. v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
20. subst. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined 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 sta
21. subst. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
22. subst. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
I'll be there in a second.
23. v. (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
24. v. To assist or support; to back.
25. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)
I second the motion.
26. subst. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
27. subst. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.
28. subst. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.
italiano > inglese
secondo
1. adj. (before the noun) second
2. adj. (in names of monarchs and popes, after the name) the second
3. adv. as per, per
4. adv. according to
5. subst. second (unit of time)
6. subst. second (in boxing or duelling)
7. subst. second mate, executive officer (in the navy)
8. subst. main course (of a meal)
9. subst. latter (relating to or being the second of two items)
10. prep. according to