Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
second-best — {adj.} Next to best; second in rank. * /Mary wore her second best dress./ * /Bob was the second best player on the team./ * / I am the second best student in this school because I was second best in the Milwaukee competition. / … Dictionary of American idioms
second-best — {adj.} Next to best; second in rank. * /Mary wore her second best dress./ * /Bob was the second best player on the team./ * / I am the second best student in this school because I was second best in the Milwaukee competition. / … Dictionary of American idioms
second best — {n.} Something that is lower than or not quite as good as the best. * /Tom liked the deluxe model bicycle; but he could afford only a second best./ * /Joan chose the best and Mary had to take the second best./ * /There were ten boys in the race.… … Dictionary of American idioms
second best — {n.} Something that is lower than or not quite as good as the best. * /Tom liked the deluxe model bicycle; but he could afford only a second best./ * /Joan chose the best and Mary had to take the second best./ * /There were ten boys in the race.… … Dictionary of American idioms
second best — {adv.} Second; in second place. * /The team came off second best in the game./ … Dictionary of American idioms
second best — {adv.} Second; in second place. * /The team came off second best in the game./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Second Best (film) — Infobox Film name = Second Best caption = Second Best director = Chris Menges producer = Sarah Radclyffe writer = David Cook starring = William Hurt Chris Cleary Miles John Hurt Jane Horrocks Alan Cumming music = Simon Boswell photography =… … Wikipedia
second best — I. noun Date: 1647 one that is below or after the best II. adverb Date: 1777 in second place … New Collegiate Dictionary
second-best — adjective Date: 14th century next to the best … New Collegiate Dictionary
The theory of a second-best solution — concerns the events that happen when a condition for an optimal outcome isn t met. In that case a second best solution should be sought. But the second best solution isn t always the one where every other condition is met except the one missing… … Wikipedia
come off second best — {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best against the visitors./ * /Sue complains that she always comes off second best when she has a disagreement with her husband./ … Dictionary of American idioms
