seconds
pronunciation
How to pronounce seconds in British English:
UK ['sekəndz]
How to pronounce seconds in American English:
US ['sekəndz]
Word Origin
- seconds (n.)
- "articles below the first quality," c. 1600, plural of second (n.) "that which is after the first" (early 14c.), from second (adj.); originally attested in this sense in a Shakespeare sonnet. Meaning "second helping of food at a meal" is recorded from 1792.
Example
- 1. Deletion takes an average of 3.2 seconds .
- 2. That is 3.5 seconds faster than on an iphone .
- 3. Less than twenty seconds apart .
- 4. Men manage in just 83.6 seconds .
- 5. After a few seconds she just fell .