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Second-best

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Adjective

1. second-best

next to the best

Example Sentences:
'his second-best bed'

Adverb

2. second-best

in second place

Example Sentences:
'he came off second-best'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Second-best

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noun
1. 
an inferior alternative
Don't settle for second best.
2.  a good second best
adjective
3. 
not as good as the best thing of its kind but better than all the other things of that kind
We polished and wore our second-best boots.
It's his second-best novel.
He put on his second best suit.
4. 
not ideal; not meeting all your wishes; inferior
a second-best choice
a second-best solution
a messy, second-best solution
He refused to settle for anything that was second best.
adverb
5.  to come off second best
adjective
1. 
next to the best
2.  come off second best
noun second best
3. 
an inferior alternative

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Second-best

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something next in quality below the first; something next to the best

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Second-best

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n.
One that is next to the best.
adv.
Next to the best.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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