second

Pronunciation: ['sekәnd]

Average Rank: 284

Source: ECDICT

n. 秒, 瞬间, 第二名, 支持者, 助手 a. 第二的, 其次的, 次要的, 附加的, 辅助的 num. 第二 vt. 当...助手, 支持

n. 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
n. following the first in an ordering or series
n. a 60th part of a minute of arc
n. the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk ielts

Plural: seconds

Past Participle: seconded

Past: seconded

Present Participle: seconding

3rd Person: seconds

Word Frequency Rankings

#135

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)

98.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#347

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.5% (Top 96.5% most frequent)

96.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#369

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.3% (Top 96.3% most frequent)

96.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.