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Definition: Seconder |
SeconderNoun1. Someone who endorses a motion or petition as a necessary preliminary to a discussion or vote. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "seconder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
General | One who seconds what another attempt, affirms, moves, or proposes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Auxiliary | Votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Seconder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Seconder" is used about 143 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 143 | 26,451 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "seconder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المؤيد للقرار, الراعي الثاني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تاءیدکننده , دوم شونده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | secondeur, second proposeur, second parrain, second motionnaire, personne qui appuie une motion, deuxième parrain. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | befürworter (advocate, advocator, campaigner, interventionist, proponent, sponsor, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υποστηρικτήσ προτάσεωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | támogató (adherent, advocate, backer, espouser, fosterer, in support, pro, promoter, proponent, subservient, supporter, supporting, supportive, upholder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sostenitore (advocate, asserters, assertor, assertors, backer, booster, maintainer, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cooidjeyder (supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | econdersay secundario (accessory, ancillary, minor, secondary, secondary side, side, subordinate, supporting), persona apoyante. (various references) destekleyen (sponsorial, supporting, sustaining). (various references) той, що підтриму", помічник (acolyte, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, contributor, help, helper, helpmate, second, secondary, subsidiary, tender). (various references) eiliwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "seconder": seconders. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "seconder" (pronounced 'Sec"ond*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: censored, encoders, necrosed. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-n-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: decerns, encoder, encodes, encored, encores, endorse, necrose, recodes, scorned, seconde. | |
-2 letters: ceders, censed, censer, censor, codens, coders, corned, credos, creeds, crones, decern, decors, denser, donees, drones, encode, encore, enders, erodes, recode, recons, redoes, redone, redons, resend, scored, screed, screen, secern, second, sender, snored, sonder, sorned. | |
-3 letters: ceder, cedes, cense, cered, ceres, ceros, coden. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: coarsened, coendures, conceders, condenser, conserved, conversed, crescendo, seconders. | |
+2 letters: ancestored, commenders, condemners, condensers, congressed, considered, contenders, coresident, crescendos, deaconries, denouncers, endocrines, enscrolled, ensorceled, necropsied, recognised, recommends, recondense, reconsider, redolences, uncensored, uncorseted, underscore, unescorted. | |
+3 letters: centerfolds, commandeers, comprehends, consecrated, considerate, contredanse, copresented, copresident, coresidents, countersued, crescendoed, crescendoes, crookedness, crowdedness, decahedrons, decrescendo, desecration, documenters, echinoderms, encrimsoned, ensorcelled, misreckoned, precensored, probenecids, proceedings, providences, recompensed, recondensed, recondenses, reconsiders, ropedancers, schnorkeled, secondaries, underscored, underscores, unprocessed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 63 6F 6E 64 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . -.-. --- -. -.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01100011 01101111 01101110 01100100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e c o n d e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 0063 006F 006E 0064 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371698180707184 |
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