English-Dutch translations for second

• seconde
  U krijgt dertig seconden extra. You will have an extra 30 seconds.
  Elke seconde overlijden acht mensen aan ondervoeding. Every second, eight people die of malnutrition.
• tweede
  Het tweede aspect betreft de multilaterale actie. Secondly, multilateral action.
  Aanbeveling voor de tweede lezing: Sornosa Martinez Recommendation for second reading: Sornosa Martínez
  De tweede uitdaging is de uitbreiding van de Unie. The second issue is enlargement.
• bijvallen
• herkansing
  We krijgen geen herkansing meer, geen tweede lezing. There will not be a repeat - a second chance.
  Wat herkansing betreft, daar ben ik voor, maar dat kan niet plaatsvinden via een apart stelsel. I say yes to a second chance, but not in a segregated system.
  Ik meen dat Slowakije recht heeft op een afspraak, op een extra herkansing. I think Slovakia is entitled to a second chance, a chance to sit the exam again.
• moment
  We kunnen ons geen moment veroorloven dit potentieel te veronachtzamen. We cannot afford for one second to ignore its potential.
  Dat is op het laatste moment ook gekomen, net voor de tweede lezing. It came at the very last moment, just ahead of the second reading.
  Er zitten aardig wat landen - zeker zes - op dit moment in de tweede groep. There are quite a few - more than half a dozen -countries in the second group at this moment.
• ondersteunen
  Ten tweede, het ondersteunen en omkaderen van nieuwe technologische ontwikkelingen. Secondly, new technological developments need support and staff.
  Daarom kunnen we het standpunt van het Parlement in tweede lezing niet ondersteunen. Therefore, we cannot support Parliament's position at second reading.
  De tweede doelstelling is de bredere behoeften van de bevolking op verwante gebieden te ondersteunen.The second objective is to support the broader needs of the population in related areas.
• ondersteuner
• op een na
  Het is de op een na grootste markt ter wereld. This market is the second largest in the world.
  Op mondiaal niveau is kabeljauw de op een na populairste soort. At global level, cod is the second most popular species.
  De op een na slechtste vorm is het particulier vervoer per auto. The second worst is the use of private motor vehicles.
• secondant
• secunde
• tweede keus
  Van bovenaf opgelegde voorschriften zijn altijd tweede keus. Instructions from above are always a second best.
  Die wens komt helaas niet uit. Ik kan u echter verzekeren dat u onze tweede keus bent. However, I can assure you that you are our second choice.
  Vaak worden vrouwen beschouwd als "risicovol" of als "tweede keus", vanwege de grote kans dat ze zwanger raken of zwangerschapsverlof zullen opnemen. Women are frequently perceived to be 'at risk' or 'second choice' individuals given their high probability of becoming pregnant or taking maternity leave.

Definition of second

• Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them.
• Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior
• Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another
• After the first; at the second rank
• After the first occurrence but before the third
• Something that is number two in a series
• The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest
• An additional helping of food
• A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess
• The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental
• Second base
• A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer
• To agree as a second person to , usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations
• To follow in the next place; to succeed
• To climb after a lead climber
• 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
• A short, indeterminate amount of time
• To transfer temporarily to alternative employment
• To assist or support; to back
• To agree as a second person to , usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above
• To accompany by singing as the second performer
• 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
• Aid; assistance; help

Examples

• He lives on Second Street
• The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers
• You take the first one, and Ill have the second
• Residents of Texas prepared for Hurricane Harvey, which would in some ways turn out to become the second Hurricane Katrina.
• Saturn is the second largest planet
• He is batting second today
• They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds
• That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds
• I second the motion
• Ill be there in a second
• The army officer was seconded while he held civil office.
• I second the motion
• If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second

Related words

• secondary
• nanosecond
• ampere-second
• seconds
• millisecond
• arcsecond
• microsecond
• secondment
• second-hand