second best
se
ˈsɛ
se
cond
kənd
kēnd
best
bɛst
best
/sˈɛkənd bˈɛst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "second best"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž

the competitor who finishes second
second best definition and meaning
02

āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž

an alternative that is not as fulfilling or desirable as other options that one has
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sarah was disappointed when she did n't get the lead role in the play; instead, she was given the second-best part.
āϏāĻžāϰāĻžāĻš āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āύāĻžāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋ; āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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