second language

: next to the first in place or time

: next to the first in value, excellence, or degree

: inferior, subordinate

: one that is number two in a series — see Table of Numbers

: one that is next after the first in rank, position, authority, or precedence

: one that assists or supports another

: in the second place : secondly

: before all others with one exception

: the 60th part of a minute of angular measure

: the 60th part of a minute of time : 1/86,400 part of the mean solar day

: an instant of time : moment

: to give support or encouragement to : assist

: to support (a fighting person or group) in combat : bring up reinforcements for

: to support or assist in contention or debate

: the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community

: audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs

: a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meanings