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a special time of the year for something The football season starts in September.

sea • son • ing / 'sizn«ig / noun

[ count, noncount ]

a substance used to add flavor to food, for example salt,

pepper (= powder with a hot taste ) or spices

Add some seasoning to the chicken, then put it in the oven.

seat © / sit/ noun [ count ]

something that you sit on

the back seat of a car

We had seats at the front of the theater.

Please take a seat (= sit down ) .

seat belt / ' sit belt / noun [ count ]

a long, thin piece of material that you put around your body in a car, bus, or airplane to keep you safe

sea • weed / siwid / noun [ noncount ]

a plant that grows in the ocean. There are many different types of seaweed .

sec. abbreviation of second

se • clud • ed / sa ' kludad / adjective

far away from other people, roads, etc. a secluded beach

sec • ond Ф / srkond / adjective, adverb, noun [ singular ]

next after first; 2nd

February is the second month of the year. She finished second in the race. Today is the second of April (= April 2nd ) . I was the first to arrive, and Jim was the second.

sec .ond 2 Ф / 'seksnd / noun [ count ]

( abbreviation sec. ) a measure of time. There are 60 seconds in a minute.

a very short time Wait a second!

I'll be ready in a second.

sec • ond • ar • y school / ' sekan|deri |skul /

noun [ count ]

a school for children between the ages of about 12 and 18

sec • ond-class / |sekand ' klres / adjective

less important than other people or things Older people should not be treated as second-class citizens.

sec • ond • hand / |sekand ' hrend /

( also sec - ond-hand ) adjective, adverb

not new; used by another person before secondhand books I bought this car secondhand.

sec • ond • ly / ' sekandli / adverb

a word that you use when you are giving the second thing in a list

Firstly, it's too expensive, and secondly, we don't really need it.

se • cre • cy / ' sikrasi / noun [ noncount ]

not telling other people They worked in secrecy .

se .cret 1 Ф / 'sikrst / noun [ count ]

something that you do not or must not tell other people I can't tell you where I'm going — it's a secret. Can you keep a secret (= not tell other people ) ? in secret

without other people knowing They met in secret.

se .cret 2 Ф/ 'sikrot/ adjective

If something is secret , other people do not or must not know about it

They kept their wedding secret (= they did not tell anyone about it ) . a secret meeting

sec • re • tar•i • al / |sekra ' terial /

connected with the work of a secretary a secretarial job

sec .re .tar .у Ф / 'sekra,teri / noun [ count ] ( plural sec . re . tar . ies )

a person who types letters, answers the telephone, and does other things in an office

a person who is in charge of a large department in the U.S. government

the Secretary of Defense the Agriculture Secretary

se • cre • tive / ' sikrativ / adjective

If you are secretive , you do not like to tell other people

about yourself or your plans

Mark is very secretive about his job.

se . cret . ly © / sikrotli / adverb

without other people knowing

We are secretly planning a big party for her.

sect / sekt / noun [ count ]