SECOND PERSON Definition & Meaning

second person

[ sek-uhnd pur-suhn ]

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of second person¹

First recorded in 1665–75

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Two people were taken to the hospital where one was listed in critical condition and the second person — described as a woman in her 30s — was pronounced dead, police said.

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She is the second person to be identified through Operation Identify Me - a campaign launched by global policing agency Interpol to find the names of dozens of unidentified women found dead in Europe.

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Immigration officials have arrested a second person who participated in Pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, and have revoked the visa of another student.

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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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