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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf.
Secund.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
other.
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And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
xli. 5.
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2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
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May the day when we become the second people upon
earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
--Landor.
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3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a prototype; as, a second Cato; a second
Troy; a second deluge.
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A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.
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Second Adventist. See Adventist.
Second cousin, the child of a cousin.
Second-cut file. See under File.
Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the
foreground and the background; -- called also middle
ground, or middle distance. [R.]
Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers.
Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter
work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
Second intention. See under Intention.
Second story, Second floor, in America, the second range
of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
called the first floor, the one beneath being the
ground floor.
Second thought or Second thoughts, consideration of a
matter following a first impulse or impression;
reconsideration.
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On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
known him. --Dickens.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Second \Sec"ond\, a. [F., fr. L. secundus second, properly,
following, fr. sequi to follow. See Sue to follow, and cf.
Secund.]
1. Immediately following the first; next to the first in
order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another;
other.
And he slept and dreamed the second time. --Gen.
xli. 5.
2. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
May the day when we become the second people upon
earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
--Landor.
3. Being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
another, like a protype; as, a second Cato; a second Troy;
a second deluge.
A Daniel, still say I, a second Daniel! --Shak.
Second Adventist. See Adventist.
Second cousin, the child of a cousin.
Second-cut file. See under File.
Second distance (Art), that part of a picture between the
foreground and the background; -- called also middle
ground, or middle distance. [R.]
Second estate (Eng.), the House of Peers.
Second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter
work, as chamber work or waiting on table.
Second intention. See under Intention.
Second story, Story floor, in America, the second range
of rooms from the street level. This, in England, is
called the first floor, the one beneath being the ground
floor.
Second thought or thoughts, consideration of a matter
following a first impulse or impression; reconsideration.
On second thoughts, gentlemen, I don't wish you had
known him. --Dickens.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
middle ground
alt.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
n.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
middle ground
alt.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
n.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
middle ground
alt.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
n.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
middle ground
alt.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
n.
1 (lb en idiomatic) A compromise position#Noun between extremes.
2 (lb en art photography) The middle distance.
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
middle ground /mˈɪdəl ɡɹˈaʊnd/
[fig.] Mittelweg [übtr.] , Kompromiss
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
middle ground /mˈɪdəl ɡɹˈaʊnd/
1. keskitie, välimaasto
compromise position between extremes
2. keskiala
middle distance
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
middle ground /mˈɪdəl ɡɹˈaʊnd/
medelväg
compromise position between extremes
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "middle ground":
average, balance, center, compromise, fence, generality,
golden mean, half measures, half-and-half measures,
halfway measures, happy medium, juste-milieu, mean, median,
mediocrity, medium, middle, middle course, middle point,
middle position, middle state, middle way, middle-of-the-road,
midpoint, moderateness, moderation, neutral ground, norm, normal,
par, rule, run, via media
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