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Meanings of second choice in English

Catalan
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Spanish
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Item or means of completing a goal if the primary item or method fails or is not available.

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      Usage of second choice in English
      1
      This would be enough to secure her first or second choice course.
      The Irish Times
      2
      She had a split second choice of whether to scream or act.
      Stinger
      3
      I thought there was no harm in our having a second choice.
      Jerusalem
      4
      If her second choice be propitious, the greater her tenderness and gratitude.
      Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
      5
      Be careful how you choose and then stick to your second choice.
      The Young Man and the World
      6
      Or if you cannot secure them, will you purchase as second choice
      How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) / A Complete...
      7
      The public services union said Yvette Cooper was its second choice.
      BBC
      8
      Given time to recover his reason, he would recall the second choice, too.
      Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
      9
      As second choice - Harry Potter because he is out brilliant main character.
      The Guardian
      10
      Rubio, they knew, was already the second choice for a majority of voters.
      The Guardian
      11
      Post-Leaving Cert courses and apprenticeships were, at best, a second choice.
      The Irish Times
      12
      This would be my second choice, and so, my first choice.'
      Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
      13
      So he bought his second choice instrument, a Buchla Music Easel.
      The Irish Times
      14
      If he could not be a fop, then this was his second choice.
      To Die in Italbar
      15
      Papik was silent; it was true that Ahningnetty was only a second choice.
      The Eternal Maiden
      16
      He made a split- second choice and it was the wrong one.
      Mortal Allies
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      Translations for second choice
      Catalan
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      Second choice through the time
      Second choice across language varieties
      Ireland
      Common
      United States of America
      Common
      United Kingdom
      Less common