Second Definition–adjective | 1. | next after the first; being the ordinal number for two. |
| 2. | being the latter of two equal parts. |
| 3. | next after the first in place, time, or value: the second house from the corner. |
| 4. | next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance: the second person in the company. |
| 5. | alternate: I have my hair cut every second week. |
| 7. | Grammar. noting or pertaining to the second person. |
| 8. | Music. being the lower of two parts for the same instrument or voice: second horn; second alto. |
| 9. | other or another: a second Solomon. |
| 10. | Automotive. of, pertaining to, or operating at the gear transmission ratio at which drive shaft speed is greater than that of low gear but not so great as that of other gears for a given engine crankshaft speed: second gear. |
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| 12. | the second member of a series. |
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13. | a person who aids or supports another; assistant; backer. |
| 14. | Boxing. a person who, between rounds of a prizefight, gives aid, advice,
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| 15. | a person who serves as a representative or attendant of a duelist. |
| 16. | Automotive. second gear. |
| 17. | a person or thing that is next after the first in place, time, or value. |
| 18. | a person or thing that is next after the first in rank, grade, degree, status, or importance. |
| 19. | Usually, seconds. an additional helping of food: He had seconds on the meat and potatoes. |
| 20. | (in parliamentary procedure) | a. | a person who expresses formal support of a motion so that it may be discussed or put to a vote. |
| b. | an act or instance of doing this. |
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| 21. | (in certain British universities) a type or grade of college degree granted according to a student's performance on specific written and oral examinations. |
| 22. | Music. | a. | a tone on the next degree from a given tone. |
| b. | the interval between such tones. |
| c. | the harmonic combination of such tones. |
| d. | the lower of two parts in a piece of concerted music. |
| e. | a voice or instrument performing such a part. |
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| 23. | Usually, seconds. goods below the first or highest quality, esp. containing visible flaws. Compare first (def. 16), third (def. 12). |
| 24. | Metallurgy. a piece of somewhat defective but salable tin plate. |
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| 27. | to further or advance, as aims. |
| 28. | (in parliamentary procedure) to express formal support of (a motion, proposal, etc.), as a necessary preliminary to further discussion or to voting. |
| 29. | to act as second to (a boxer, duelist, etc.). |
–adverb | 30. | in the second place, group, etc.; secondly: The catcher is batting second. |
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Chance Definition–noun | 1. | the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: o
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ften personified or treated as a positive agency: Chance governs all. |
| 2. | luck or fortune: a game of chance. |
| 3. | a possibility or probability of anything happening: a fifty-percent chance of success. |
| 4. | an opportune or favorable time; opportunity: Now is your chance. |
| 5. | Baseball. an opportunity to field the ball and make a put-out or assist. |
| 6. | a risk or hazard: Take a chance. |
| 7. | a share or ticket in a lottery or prize drawing: The charity is selling chances for a dollar each. |
| 8. | chances, probability: The chances are that the train hasn't left yet. |
| 9. | Midland and Southern U.S. a quantity or number (usually fol. by of). |
| 10. | Archaic. an unfortunate event; mishap. |
–verb (used without object) | 11. | to happen or occur by chance: It chanced that our arrivals coincided. |
–verb (used with object) | 12. | to take the chances or risks of; risk (often fol. by impersonal it): I'll have to chance it, whatever the outcome. |
–adjective | 13. | not planned or expected; accidental: a chance occurrence. |
—Verb phrase| 14. | chance on or upon, to come upon by chance; meet unexpectedly: She chanced on a rare kind of mushroom during her walk through the woods. |
—Idioms| 15. | by chance, without plan or intent; accidentally: I met her again by chance in a department store in Paris. |
| 16. | on the chance, in the mild hope or against the possibility: I'll wait on the chance that she'll come.
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| 17. | on the off chance, in the very slight hope or against the very slight possibility. |
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Loan Definition–noun | 1. | the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something: the loan of a book. |
| 2. | something lent or furnished on condition of being returned, esp. a sum of money lent at interest: a $1000 loan at 10 percent interest. |
–verb (used with object) | 4. | to make a loan of; lend: Will you loan me your umbrella? |
| 5. | to lend (money) at interest. |
–verb (used without object) | 6. | to make a loan or loans; lend. |
—Idiom| 7. | on loan, | a. | borrowed for temporary use: Ho
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w many books can I have on loan from the library at one time? |
| b. | temporarily provided or released by one's regular employer, superior, or owner for use by another: Our best actor is on loan to another movie studio for two films. |
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