second

A unit of time; there are sixty seconds in a minute.

• He can run 100 metres in just ten seconds.
  100 metreyi sadece on saniyede koşabiliyor.
• The video is only forty seconds long.
  Video yalnızca kırk saniye uzunluğunda.

A very short time; a moment.

• Wait a second – I've forgotten my keys.
  Bir saniye bekle, anahtarlarımı unuttum.
• I'll be back in a second.
  Hemen dönerim.

The second person or thing to do something, or the second one mentioned.

• She was the second to arrive at the party.
  Partiye ikinci gelen oydu.
• The first film was good, but the second was even better.
  İlk film iyiydi ama ikincisi daha da iyiydi.

The second day of a month.

• The exams start on the second of June.
  Sınavlar haziranın ikisinde başlıyor.
• Her birthday is on the second of May.
  Doğum günü mayısın ikisinde.

The second gear of a car or another vehicle.

• Change into second as you go round the corner.
  Virajı dönerken ikinci vitese geç.
• On a steep hill, it's better to stay in second.
  Dik yokuşta ikinci viteste kalmak daha iyi.

More food after you have finished the first plate, usually in the plural 'seconds'.

• The soup was so good that everyone wanted seconds.
  Çorba o kadar güzeldi ki herkes bir tabak daha istedi.
• Can I have seconds, please?
  Bir porsiyon daha alabilir miyim lütfen?

A product sold cheaply because it has a small fault, usually in the plural 'seconds'.

• These plates are seconds, so they're half price.
  Bu tabaklar defolu, o yüzden yarı fiyatına.
• The factory shop sells seconds at low prices.
  Fabrika satış mağazası defolu ürünleri düşük fiyata satıyor.

A unit for measuring angles, latitude and longitude; there are sixty seconds in one minute of angle.

• The position was given in degrees, minutes and seconds.
  Konum derece, dakika ve saniye cinsinden verildi.
• One second of latitude is about thirty metres on the ground.
  Bir enlem saniyesi yerde yaklaşık otuz metreye karşılık gelir.