Definitions for seconds
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1. seconds(Noun)

   A second serving of food for one person.

   There is plenty of pie left, if you have room for seconds.

2. seconds(Noun)

   An item of clothing that has failed quality control and is sold at a discount

   It was marked as seconds, but I can't find anything wrong with it.

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1. seconds

   Song lyrics by seconds -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by seconds on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seconds' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2550

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'seconds' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2101

How to pronounce seconds?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say seconds in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of seconds in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of seconds in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of seconds in a Sentence

1. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   Saying 'I love you' only takes seconds, but proving it takes a lifetime.

2. Zhang Hui:

   I thought, 'this isn't right', and I told my colleague, 'I think we're in trouble'. After I said that, the ship flipped over. It only took 30 seconds or a minute.

3. Steve Higgins:

   The gulls had taken my ice-cream but had left me with the cone. I was scared that they would come back again, I was scared for my own safety. within seconds I was slapped with an 80 fine for littering.I was a tourist, I don’t live down there, I’m not aware of these things. He continued, If I had been aware I wouldn’t be walking around outside with an ice-cream. I was physically assaulted, and I dropped the cone because I was scared for my own safety if they came back.

4. Van Heerden:

   The aim is to get out of its way without him flattening you, it's very rare that they come back for seconds and if that is the case, you have to get some more out of its way.

5. Jesse Walaschek:

   We felt the loudest boom that you could possibly feel. I looked in my rear view mirror and it was just a dust cloud, had we walked out of that gym 15 seconds later, I would've been getting my kids in the car when it went off. I probably wouldn't be here, my kids wouldn't be here.

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