word-vault/dist/data/cards/se/second1.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "second",
    "partOfSpeech": "determiner, ordinal number",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "happening or coming next after the first in a series of similar things or people; 2nd",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is the second time it's happened."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Italy scored a second goal just after half-time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the second of June/June 2nd"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the second to arrive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have one child and are expecting our second in July."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "next in order of importance, size, quality, etc. to one other person or thing",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Osaka is Japan's **second-largest** city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Birmingham, the UK’s second city"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Basketball is **second only to** soccer in global popularity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As a dancer, he is **second to none** *(= nobody is a better dancer than he is)*."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "another; in addition to one that you already own or use",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have a second home in Tuscany."
                },
                {
                    "text": "teachers of English as a second language *(= to people who already speak one or more other languages)*"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsekənd/",
                "audio": "se/second/second__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsekənd/",
                "audio": "se/second/second__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "determiner Middle English: via Old French from Latin secundus ‘following, second’, from the base of sequi ‘follow’. The verb dates from the late 16th cent."
}