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second act

second act noun: something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.

Noun

second act (plural second acts)

  1. Something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.
    • After a successful career as a Wall Street stockbroker, Don built houses in Africa for a second act.

Forms of second act

pluralsecond acts

Questions about second act

What does second act mean?
Second act means something a person devotes their later life to, after retiring or quitting a former occupation.
What part of speech is second act?
Second act is a noun.
What is the plural of second act?
The plural of second act is second acts.

Words near second act in the dictionary

  1. Secombe
  2. Secombes
  3. Seconal
  4. Seconals
  5. second
  6. second act
  7. second acts
  8. Second Adventist
  9. Second Adventists
  10. Second Amendment
  11. Second Amendment sanctuaries

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