second
Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
Example
“He lives on Second Street.”
Other meanings
Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
“His job is second priority, because his family is the most important thing in his life.”
Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
“Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "secundus" (following, next in order).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “second” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.