- second best
- adjective next after the best.noun a less adequate or less desirable alternative.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
second best
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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 — 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
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
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
National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film — The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Second Best Feature Film winners (category discontinued after 1993): Year Winner Film Language 1993 Padma Nadir Majhi Gautam Ghose Bengali 1992 Firingoti Jahnu Barua Assamese 1991 Ek Do … Wikipedia
