" second "

[Adjective]  | "sec*ond" | \ ˈse-kənd \

1: next to the first in place or time

2: next to the first in value, excellence, or degree

3: inferior, subordinate

Origin: 13th century ;

 Middle English, from Anglo-French secund, from Latin secundus second, following, favorable, from sequi to follow ;

[Adjective]  | "sec*ond-best" | \ ˌse-kən(d)-ˈbest \

1: next to the best

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "second" 

1: one that is number two in a series

2: one that is next after the first in rank, position, authority, or precedence

3: one that assists or supports another; especially : the assistant of a duelist or boxer

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "second" 

1: the 60th part of a minute of angular measure

2: the 60th part of a minute of time : 1/86,400 part of the mean solar day; specifically : the base unit of time in the International System of Units that is equal to the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom

3: an instant of time : moment

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English secounde, from Medieval Latin secunda, from Latin, feminine of secundus second; from its being the second sexagesimal division of a unit, as a minute is the first;

[Noun]  | "second banana" 

1: a comedian who plays a supporting role to a top banana; broadly : a person in a subservient position

Origin: 1953 ;

[Noun]  | "second base" 

1: the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball

2: the player position for defending the area on the first-base side of second base

Origin: 1845 ;

[Noun]  | "second best" 

1: one that is below or after the best

Origin: 1647 ;

[Adverb]  | "second" 

1: in the second place : secondly

2: before all others with one exception

Origin: 14th century ;

[Adverb]  | "second best" 

1: in second place

Origin: 1777 ;

[Verb]  | "second" 

1: to give support or encouragement to : assist

2: to support (a fighting person or group) in combat : bring up reinforcements for

3: to support or assist in contention or debate

Origin: circa 1586 ;

 Latin secundare, from secundus second, favorable;

[Adjective]  | "second" 

[Verb]  | "second" 

[Verb]  | "second-guess" 

[Verb]  | "second-guessed" 

[Verb]  | "second-guessing" 

[Noun]  | "second" 

[Noun]  | "second" 

[Noun]  | "second banana" 

[Noun]  | "second bananas" 

[Noun]  | "second fiddle"