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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
second-best is an adjective and adverb meaning "next to the best". It carries 2 recorded senses.
in second place
“he came off second-best”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for second-best come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.