second-string in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "second-string (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "belonging to the second string of a team"
      ],
      "id": "en-second-string-en-adj-EpPanRcx",
      "links": [
        [
          "second string",
          "second string"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "substitute or replacement"
      ],
      "id": "en-second-string-en-adj-Fp-p-dlC",
      "links": [
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ],
        [
          "replacement",
          "replacement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 7 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Having worked so hard to reach the Champions League, elimination will be a bitter blow for Mancini and City as they join neighbours United in Europe's second-string competition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second most important"
      ],
      "id": "en-second-string-en-adj-WxAuRaLB",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "second-string"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "second-string (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "belonging to the second string of a team"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "second string",
          "second string"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "substitute or replacement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "substitute",
          "substitute"
        ],
        [
          "replacement",
          "replacement"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011 December 7, Phil McNulty, “Man City 2 - 0 Bayern Munich”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Having worked so hard to reach the Champions League, elimination will be a bitter blow for Mancini and City as they join neighbours United in Europe's second-string competition.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second most important"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "second-string"
}

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"second-string" meaning in English

Adjective