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secondness

secondness noun: the quality of being or coming second.

Noun

secondness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being or coming second.

Origin of secondness

From second + -ness.

Questions about secondness

What does secondness mean?
Secondness means the quality of being or coming second.
What part of speech is secondness?
Secondness is a noun.

Words near secondness in the dictionary

  1. secondman
  2. secondmen
  3. secondment
  4. secondments
  5. secondmost
  6. secondness
  7. secondo
  8. secondos
  9. seconds
  10. seconds in command
  11. seconds of arc

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