seconds

seconds

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: sĕʹkəndz, IPA^(key): /ˈsɛk.əndz/, /ˈsɛk.ənts/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛkəndz/
• Hyphenation: sec‧onds

Noun

seconds

1. plural of second

   There are sixty seconds in a minute.

2. A second helping, second serving of food for one person; refill of coffee or other drink.

   There is plenty of pie left, if you have room for seconds.

3. An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount

   It was marked as seconds, but I can't find anything wrong with it.

4. Any article of merchandise of a grade inferior to the best; especially, a coarse or inferior kind of flour.

Synonyms

• (second serving): second helping

Translations

second serving

Finnish: lisäannos, santsaus, santsi German: Nachschlag (de) m Hungarian: repeta (hu)

Polish: dokładka f Swedish: backning c

Verb

seconds

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of second

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French

Adjective

seconds

1. plural of second

Noun

seconds m

1. plural of second