second person

[ sek-uhnd pur-suhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to the one second person singular or ones second person plural being spoken to.
a pronoun or verb form in the second person, as the pronoun you in English, or a set of such forms.

second person

noun

a grammatical category of pronouns and verbs used when referring to or describing the individual or individuals being addressed

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Word History and Origins

Origin of second person¹

First recorded in 1665–75

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Example Sentences

Police said they could not confirm whether anyone else was involved, following unconfirmed reports of a second person in the car.

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An Alabama woman who is also the second person in history to receive a pig kidney transplant is currently surviving for over , according to a recent report.

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He is the second person to die following Friday's storm.

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Officers said a second person was initially detained at the scene but was now being treated as a witness.

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For example, in the case of Wesley Purkey, the second person put to death in the Trump/Barr execution spree, his lawyers argued that Purkey “suffered ‘extreme pain’ as he received a dose of pentobarbital….”

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second papers second position

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