Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to second
Participle: seconded
Gerund: seconding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | second |
| you | second |
| he;she;it | seconds |
| we | second |
| you | second |
| they | second |
Perfect
| I | have seconded |
| you | have seconded |
| he;she;it | has seconded |
| we | have seconded |
| you | have seconded |
| they | have seconded |
Past
| I | seconded |
| you | seconded |
| he;she;it | seconded |
| we | seconded |
| you | seconded |
| they | seconded |
Pluperfect
| I | had seconded |
| you | had seconded |
| he;she;it | had seconded |
| we | had seconded |
| you | had seconded |
| they | had seconded |
Future
| I | will second |
| you | will second |
| he;she;it | will second |
| we | will second |
| you | will second |
| they | will second |
Future Perfect
| I | will have seconded |
| you | will have seconded |
| he;she;it | will have seconded |
| we | will have seconded |
| you | will have seconded |
| they | will have seconded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | second |
| you | second |
| he;she;it | second |
| we | second |
| you | second |
| they | second |
Perfect
| I | have seconded |
| you | have seconded |
| he;she;it | have seconded |
| we | have seconded |
| you | have seconded |
| they | have seconded |
Imperfect
| I | seconded |
| you | seconded |
| he;she;it | seconded |
| we | seconded |
| you | seconded |
| they | seconded |
Pluperfect
| I | had seconded |
| you | had seconded |
| he;she;it | had seconded |
| we | had seconded |
| you | had seconded |
| they | had seconded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would second |
| you | would second |
| he;she;it | would second |
| we | would second |
| you | would second |
| they | would second |
Perfect
| I | would have seconded |
| you | would have seconded |
| he;she;it | would have seconded |
| we | would have seconded |
| you | would have seconded |
| they | would have seconded |
Imperative
| you | second |
| we | Let's second |
| you | second |
Verbs conjugated like 'second'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'second'
recond,
cond,
debond,
decon,
rebond,
recon,
record,
scend,
scold,
scon,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Latin secundusbor.
3. Old French secondbor.
4. Middle English secunde
5. English second
6. From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“to follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)).
Sample Sentences
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“ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which resounded very formidably, but which seemed only to knock out so much more laugh from the young ones, as they tumbled precipitately over each other out of doors, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] with a patch-work cushion in it, neatly contrived out of small pieces of different colored woollen goods, and a larger sized one, motherly and old, whose wide arms breathed hospitable invitation, seconded by the solicitation of its feather cushions,—a real comfortable, persuasive old chair, and worth, in the way of honest, homely enjoyment, a dozen of your plush or _brochetelle_ drawing-room gentry; [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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This lady, having gathered, from George's conversation, that he was from Kentucky, seemed evidently disposed to cultivate his acquaintance; in which design she was seconded by the graces of her little girl, who was about as pretty a plaything as ever diverted the weariness of a fortnight's trip on a steamboat.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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And little Eliza seconds the effort, by toddling up to her father, and trying to pull the book out of his hand, and install herself on his knee as a substitute.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)