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aid
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /e?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
- Homophone: aide
Etymology 1
From Middle English aide, eide, ayde, from Old French eide, aide, from aidier, from Latin adi?t?, adi?t?re (“to assist, help”). Cognates include Spanish ayuda, Portuguese ajuda and Italian aiuto.
Alternative forms
- aide
- ayde (obsolete)
Noun
aid (countable and uncountable, plural aids)
- (uncountable) Help; assistance; succor, relief.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- An unconstitutional method of obtaining aid.
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons?! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- (countable) A helper; an assistant.
- It is not good that man should bee alone, let vs make vnto him an aide like to himselfe.
- (countable) Something which helps; a material source of help.
- (countable, Britain) An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
- (countable, Britain) An exchequer loan.
- (countable, law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
- (countable) An aide-de-camp, so called by abbreviation.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English aiden, from Old French eider, aider, aidier, from Latin adiuto, frequentative of adiuv? (“"assist"”, verb).
Verb
aid (third-person singular simple present aids, present participle aiding, simple past and past participle aided)
- (transitive) To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
- (climbing) To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
- 1979, American Alpine Journal (page 193)
- Rather than climb into a bottomless off-width crack, we aided an 80-foot A2 to A3 crack to the top of a pedestal. By very tenuous face climbing, we gained entry to the crack, which we followed to a tree beneath the big chimney.
- 1979, American Alpine Journal (page 193)
Synonyms
- assist
- befriend
- bestand
- cooperate
- help
- promote
- relieve
- succor
- support
- sustain
- See also Thesaurus:help or Thesaurus:serve
Derived terms
- aidable
- aidance
- aider
- unaided
Related terms
- aidant
- aide-de-camp
Translations
Anagrams
- -iad, Adi, DIA, Dai, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, Ida., dai, dia-
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic ??????? (???id).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??id/
Postposition
aid + dative
- related to, relating to, having to do with
- concerning, about
Related terms
- aidiyy?t
References
- “aid” in Obastan.com.
Bau
Noun
aid
- woman
Further reading
- Hans van der Meer, Bau Organized Phonology Data
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aita.
Noun
aid
- fence
Panim
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a??/
Noun
aid
- woman
Further reading
- Panim Talking Dictionary
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aita.
Noun
aid
- fence
Inflection
Derived terms
- aidverai
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “?????, ????????, ??????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Võro
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *aita.
Noun
aid (genitive aia, partitive aida)
- garden
Inflection
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second
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“I follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek?- (“to follow”). Doublet of secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ?þer (“other; next; second”)).
Alternative forms
- (number-two): 2nd, 2d, IInd; (in names of monarchs and popes) II, II.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?k?nd/
- (US) enPR: s??k?nd, IPA(key): /?s?k.(?)nd/, /?s?k.(?)nt/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?s?k?nd/
- Hyphenation: sec?ond
Adjective
second (not comparable)
- Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
- Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
- Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
Synonyms
- other
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
second (not comparable)
- (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
- After the first occurrence but before the third.
Translations
Noun
second (plural seconds)
- Something that is number two in a series.
- Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
- (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
- A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
- (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
- The second gear of an engine.
- (baseball) Second base.
- The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.
- A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
- 1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book
- Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.
- Synonym: seconder
- 1995, Boy Scouts of Canada. National Council, The Cub Book
- (informal) A second-class honours degree.
Related terms
- (music): secundal (adj.)
Translations
Verb
second (third-person singular simple present seconds, present participle seconding, simple past and past participle seconded)
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)
- To follow in the next place; to succeed.
- In the method of nature, a low valley is immediately seconded with an ambitious hill.
- Sin is usually seconded with sin.
- (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English secunde, seconde, borrowed from Old French seconde, from Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).
Alternative forms
- (SI unit of time): (abbreviations) s, sec; (symbols) s (SI and non-scientific usage), sec (in non-scientific usage only)
- (unit of angle): (abbreviations) arcsec, "
Pronunciation
- enPR: s??k?nd, IPA(key): /?s?k.(?)nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?k.(?)nd/, /?s?k.(?)nt/
- Hyphenation: sec?ond
Noun
second (plural seconds)
- One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
Synonyms
- (unit of angle): second of arc, arcsecond
- (short, indeterminate amount of time): (colloquial) sec
- Appendix:Words used as placeholders to count seconds
Derived terms
- leap second
- millisecond
- nanosecond
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle French seconder, from Latin secund? (“assist, make favorable”).
Pronunciation
- Transfer temporarily
- enPR: s?k?nd', IPA(key): /s??k?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- Hyphenation: sec?ond
- Assist, Agree
- enPR: s??k?nd, IPA(key): /?s?k.(?)nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?k.(?)nd/, /?s?k.(?)nt/
- Hyphenation: sec?ond
Verb
second (third-person singular simple present seconds, present participle seconding, simple past and past participle seconded)
- (transitive, Britain) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
- (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
- (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)
- (transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.
Derived terms
- secondment
- secondee
Translations
Noun
second (plural seconds)
- One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
- (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.
Translations
Further reading
second on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- arcsecond on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- second on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (time)
- second (parliamentary procedure) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- second-hand goods on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Second in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
Anagrams
- CODENs, coends, condes, consed, decons, sconed
French
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation) 2d, 2e
Etymology
From Old French secunt, second, segont, borrowed as a semi-learned term from Latin secundus (“second”); related to sequi (“follow”). Doublet of son (“bran”), which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.???/
Adjective
second (feminine singular seconde, masculine plural seconds, feminine plural secondes)
- second
Derived terms
- dans un second temps
- de seconde main
- état second
- second degré
- second souffle
- second violon
- Seconde Guerre Mondiale
- seconde nature
Related terms
- secondaire
- seconde
Synonyms
- (ordinal): deuxième
Usage notes
For added "precision and elegance", the French Academy recommends using second when only two items are being considered, reserving deuxième for other situations, i.e. when more than two items are being considered; although this rule is not mandatory. The Academy however advises against ever replacing second with deuxième in fixed idioms such as de seconde main or seconde nature.
Noun
second m (plural seconds)
- assistant, first mate
Synonyms
- adjoint, aide, assistant
Derived terms
- seconder
References
- “second” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- cédons, condés
Middle English
Adjective
second
- Alternative form of secunde (“after the first”)
Noun
second
- Alternative form of secunde (“after the first”)
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin secundus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??kunt/
Adjective
second m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seconde)
- second
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: secunde
- English: second
- Scots: seicont
- French: second
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