"every second" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} every second (not comparable)
  1. Every other/two; each alternate. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Two Synonyms: every other Translations (every other; each alternate): 每隔一 (měi gé yī) (Chinese Mandarin), 每兩 (Chinese Mandarin), 每两 (měi liǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), každý druhý (Czech), hver anden (Danish), joka toinen (Finnish), un sur deux [masculine] (French), une sur deux [feminine] (French), cada dous [masculine] (Galician), cada dúas [feminine] (Galician), jeder zweite (German), minden második (Hungarian), omna duesma (Ido), gach dara (Irish), gach re (Irish), ogni due (Italian), 一つおきの (hitotsu oki no) (alt: ひとつおきの) (Japanese), секој втор (sekoj vtor) (Macedonian), annenhver [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), annethvert [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), annankvar (Norwegian Nynorsk), co drugi (Polish), cada dois (Portuguese), um sim, outro não (Portuguese), ка́ждый второ́й (káždyj vtorój) (Russian), gach dàrnacha (Scottish Gaelic), každý druhý (Slovak), vsak drug (Slovene), varannan (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-every_second-en-adj-Y4GZf5Qp Disambiguation of Two: 65 18 3 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 6 5 44

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} every second (not comparable)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Once per second. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-every_second-en-adv-YUcxFjpV Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename
  2. (figuratively) Very frequently; more frequently than is desired. Tags: figuratively, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-every_second-en-adv-IOMz5hFG

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} every second (uncountable)
  1. The entirety of something of duration. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-every_second-en-noun-zgDfxKIN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 6 5 44

Download JSON data for every second meaning in English (5.7kB)

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          "roman": "měi gé yī",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
          "word": "ogni due"
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          "alt": "ひとつおきの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitotsu oki no",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
          "word": "一つおきの"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sekoj vtor",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
          "word": "секој втор"
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "every other; each alternate",
          "word": "varannan"
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "每隔一"
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "jeder zweite"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "minden második"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "omna duesma"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "gach dara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "gach re"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "ogni due"
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "annankvar"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "co drugi"
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
      "word": "cada dois"
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      "sense": "every other; each alternate",
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