simple past tense and past participle of second

plural of seconde

The quality of being or coming second.

(fencing) The second defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, with the hand held in a prone position and the tip of the sword below the level of the guard.

(with superlative) After the first; at the second rank. / After the first occurrence but before the third.

Something that is number two in a series. / Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority. / The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.

(transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.) / To follow in the next place; to succeed.

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 state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.

(transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment. / (transitive) To assist or support; to back.

One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant. / One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.