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English word

second

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈsekənd/US /ˈsekənd/
adverb

after one other person or thing in order or importance

determiner

happening or coming next after the first in a series of similar things or people; 2nd

noun

a unit for measuring time. There are 60 seconds in one minute.

ordinal number

happening or coming next after the first in a series of similar things or people; 2nd

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For example, Nalini Ambady, a researcher at Tufts University, shows that when people watch 30-second soundless clips of real physician-patient interactions, their judgments of the physician's niceness predict whether or not that

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