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  • seconds/ˈsɛk.əndz/nounB2A second helping of the same dish.
  • secret/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/nounA23 meaningsSomething you know that you must not tell anyone else.
  • secretariat/ˌsɛk.ɹəˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ət/nounC1The permanent staff running an international body.
  • secretary/ˈsɛk.ɹə.tə.ɹi/nounA2+3 meaningsSomebody employed to handle letters, calls and appointments in an office.
  • sect/sɛkt/nounB2+A group holding beliefs at odds with the main body.
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/ˈsɛkʃən/
nounB12 meanings
One of the parts into which something is divided.
  • sector/ˈsɛk.təɹ/nounB2One distinct part of an economy or an area.
  • security/sɪˈkjʊəɹɪti/nounB13 meaningsBeing safe from danger, and the settled feeling that comes with it.
  • security badgenounB1The card that opens the doors you are allowed through.
  • security checknounB1The point where passengers and bags are screened.
  • security clearancenounB2Official permission to see secret material.
  • security guardnounB1A person employed to guard premises or people.
  • security tagnounB2The device that sounds an alarm if goods leave unpaid.
  • sedan/səˈdæn/nounB2+A car with a separate enclosed boot, called a saloon in Britain.
  • sedationnounC1The calming of a patient with drugs.
  • sedative/ˈsɛdətɪv/nounB2+A drug that calms and makes you sleepy.
  • sedge/sɛd͡ʒ/nounC2A grassy plant that grows in wet ground.
  • sediment/ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/nounC12 meaningsSolid material that sinks to the bottom of a liquid and settles there.
  • sediment layernounB2One band of silt, sand or mud in rock, marking material that settled at a particular time.
  • sedimentationnounC1The settling of carried material at the bottom.
  • seduction/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/nounB2+The leading of somebody into something, especially sex.
  • seed/siːd/nounB13 meaningsThe small hard part of a plant that a new plant grows from.
  • seed drillnounC1The machine that plants seed in even rows.
  • seed podnounB2The case that holds a plant's seeds until they are ready.
  • seedling/ˈsiːdlɪŋ/nounC1A very young plant just grown from seed.
  • seeker/ˈsiːkə/nounB2Somebody looking for something.
  • seer/sɪə(ɹ)/nounC12 meaningsA person who can see what will happen in the future.
  • seesaw/ˈsiː.sɔː/nounB22 meaningsA playground plank where one rider rises as the other sinks.
  • segment/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/nounC12 meaningsOne identifiable part of a whole market.
  • segregation/sɛɡɹəˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/nounB2+Keeping groups of people forcibly apart.
  • seismic/ˈsaɪzmɪk/adjectiveC23 meaningsTo do with earthquakes and the movement of the ground.
  • seismology/saɪzˈmɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/nounC2The study of earthquakes.
  • seizure/ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/nounB22 meaningsA sudden fit caused by abnormal brain activity.
  • selection/səˈlɛkʃən/nounB22 meaningsThe choosing of somebody or something.
  • selectivitynounC2Care in choosing only what fits.
  • self/ˈsɛlf/nounB1The person you essentially are.
  • self-carenounB2Looking after your own health and spirits deliberately.
  • self-checkoutnounB1The machine you scan and pay at yourself.
  • self-control/ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/nounB2The power to master your own urges and temper by strength of mind alone.
  • self-defencenounB2The protecting of yourself from attack.
  • self-determination/ˌsɛlfdɪˌtɜː(ɹ)mɪˈneɪʃən/nounC1The right of a people to choose their own government.
  • self-esteem/ˌsɛlf.əˈstiːm/nounB2How much you value and believe in yourself.
  • self-possessionnounC1Calm control of your feelings and behaviour under pressure.
  • self-respectnounB2A sense of your own dignity strong enough to stop you from acting in ways that would demean you.
  • self-service/sɛlfˈsɜː.vɪs/nounB1A system in which customers serve themselves.
  • self-studynounB2Learning on your own without a teacher.
  • self-talknounC1The way a person speaks to themselves inside.
  • self-tannounB2A lotion that browns the skin without sun.
  • self-worthnounC1The sense that you matter regardless of what you achieve.
  • selfie/ˈsɛlfi/nounA2A photo you take of your own face with your phone at arm's length.
  • selfishness/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/nounB2Caring only about what suits you.
  • selflessnessnounC2Concern for others before yourself.
  • selvedgenounC2The finished edge of woven cloth that will not fray.
  • semantics/sɪˈmæntɪks/nounC1The study of what words and sentences mean.
  • semaphore/ˈsɛm.əˌfɔː/nounC2A signal worked by a moving arm.
  • semblance/ˈsɛmblən(t)s/nounC1An outward appearance of something, perhaps false.
  • semester/sɪˈmɛstə/nounB1+One of the two main periods into which a school or university year is divided.
  • semicolon/ˌsɛmiˈkəʊlən/nounB2+The mark that separates two closely linked clauses.
  • semifinalnounB1+The round just before the final.
  • seminar/ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/nounB2+2 meaningsA small university class based on discussion of a set text or topic.