"second-rate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: En-us-second-rate.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} second-rate (not comparable)
  1. (UK, military, nautical, historical) Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having 80–98 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 700–750, and weighing approximately 2,200 tons burthen. Tags: UK, historical, not-comparable Categories (topical): Military, Nautical
    Sense id: en-second-rate-en-adj-HNauM9L~ Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 10 15 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
  2. (idiomatic) Of mediocre quality; not first-rate. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Translations (of mediocre quality): второка́чествен (vtorokáčestven) (Bulgarian), второразре́ден (vtororazréden) (Bulgarian), 二流 (èrliú) (Chinese Mandarin), tweedeklas (Dutch), sekunda (Finnish), de second ordre (French), de second rang (French), მეორეხარისხოვანი (meorexarisxovani) (Georgian), მეორე ხარისხის (meore xarisxis) (Georgian), მდარე (mdare) (Georgian), საშუალო (sašualo) (Georgian), scadente (Italian), 二流 (niryū) (Japanese), secundārius (Latin), annenrangs (Norwegian Bokmål), drugorzędny [masculine] (Polish), pośledni [masculine] (Polish), de baja estofa (Spanish), de chichinabo (Spanish), de pacotilla (Spanish), de tres al cuarto (Spanish), segundón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-second-rate-en-adj-pMOoNszO Disambiguation of 'of mediocre quality': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: second rate Related terms: fifth-rate, first-rate, fourth-rate, mediocre, second-class, sixth-rate, subpar, substandard, third-rate

Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-second-rate.ogg [US] Forms: second-rates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second-rate (plural second-rates)
  1. (UK, military, nautical, historical) A second-rate ship of the line. Tags: UK, historical Categories (topical): Military, Nautical Related terms: three-decker
    Sense id: en-second-rate-en-noun-ZKYnhKP- Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: second rate

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        ],
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          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
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          "ship of the line"
        ]
      ],
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "historical"
      ],
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        "government",
        "military",
        "nautical",
        "politics",
        "transport",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-us-second-rate.ogg/En-us-second-rate.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-second-rate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "word": "second rate"
    }
  ],
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    "second-rate"
  ],
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}

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