Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second year

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.46 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond year
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see second, year.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the second year of high school; eight grade (now grade 8 of junior high school)

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

second years (plural) 2nd year (alternative)

Questions

What does second year mean?: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see second, year.

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