You were third; when you overtook the person in second place you became the new second place runner the former second place is now third.
Jared is the second person to live the longest in the bible
.29 The first number after the dot is the tenths position and the second after that is the hundredths position.
The first position after the decimal point measures tenths, the second position measures hundredths and the third position measures thousandths. So, 0.008 = 8/1000
Speaking from the third-person's point of view, it is: 'You seconded that?". But if YOU want to second that, you would say, "I second that.".
It is the counter that tells you the position of the numbers in the sequence: the first, second and so on.
2nd
AND THE WINNER IS...OR ISNT...Most people answer this incorrectly as now you're in first place. But you're not, you're in second place. Your originating position is third place. When you overtake the second place runner, you are now the second place runner. WRONG!It never says you finished
Second place
If you "over take" a person in any position/place, you obviously finish in that person's position/place. You finish in Second.
Participate is stressed on the second syllable.
Nelson Rockefeller
Second. You WERE 3rd, passed the person in 2nd, giving you 2nd place. There is still someone ahead of you.
India has the second largest population in the world, after China.
Austria did not participate in the second partition of Poland.
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interferons
One reason the other animals may have chased a second wolf is because it was weaker than the first wolf. If the other animals thought they could overtake the second wolf they would.