every second

English

Adjective

every second (not comparable)

1. Every other/two; each alternate.

   Take the medication every second day.

Synonyms

• every other

Translations

every other; each alternate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每隔一 (měi gé yī), 每兩／每两 (měiliǎng), 每两 (měi liǎng)

• Danish: hver anden
• Finnish: joka toinen
• French: un sur deux m, une sur deux f
• Galician: cada dous m, cada dúas f
• German: jeder zweite
• Hungarian: minden második
• Ido: omna duesma
• Irish: gach dara, gach re
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• Italian: ogni due
• Japanese: 一つおきの (ひとつおきの, hitotsu oki no)
• Macedonian: секој втор (sekoj vtor)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: annenhver m or f, annethvert n

  Nynorsk: annankvar

• Polish: co drugi
• Portuguese: cada dois; um sim, outro não
• Russian: ка́ждый второ́й (káždyj vtorój)
• Scottish Gaelic: gach dàrnacha
• Swedish: varannan (sv)

Adverb

every second (not comparable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Once per second.
2. (figuratively) Very frequently; more frequently than is desired.

   Why do you keep bothering me every second?

Noun

every second (uncountable)

1. The entirety of something of duration.

   The man hated every second of the ten years he served in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

   After enduring traumatic experiences, many people are likely to remember every second of them.