Secondment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a speech seconding a motion

the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sᵻkˈɑːndmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/sɪkˈɒndmənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sɪkˈɒndmənt/

3 syllables Say it as /sᵻkˈɑːndmənt/.

Examples

do I hear a second?

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

second indorsement endorsement

Parts of Speech

noun	a speech seconding a motion “do I hear a second?”
noun	the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere

Word Forms

second	verb	give support or one's approval to
indorse	verb	give support or one's approval to

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Abordnung

eine Rede, in der ein Antrag unterstützt wird

🇫🇷French

détachement

un discours appuyant une motion

🇪🇸Spanish

adscripción

un discurso apoyando una moción

🇮🇹Italian

distacco

un discorso a sostegno di una mozione

🇳🇱Dutch

detachering

een toespraak waarin een motie wordt gesteund

🇵🇹Portuguese

destacamento

um discurso apoiando uma moção

🇷🇺Russian

командирование

речь в поддержку предложения

India

🇧🇩Bengali

সেকেন্ডমেন্ট

একটি বক্তৃতা একটি গতি দ্বিতীয়

🇮🇳Tamil

இரண்டாம் நிலை

ஒரு இயக்கத்தை ஆதரிக்கும் பேச்சு

🇮🇳Telugu

రెండవది

ఒక కదలికను సమర్థించే ప్రసంగం

🇮🇳Marathi

दुय्यम

गतीला दुजोरा देणारे भाषण

🇮🇳Gujarati

સેકન્ડમેન્ટ

ગતિને સમર્થન આપતું ભાષણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಎರಡನೆಯದು

ಒಂದು ಚಲನೆಯನ್ನು ಅನುಮೋದಿಸುವ ಭಾಷಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

രണ്ടാംഘട്ടം

ഒരു പ്രമേയത്തെ പിന്തുണയ്ക്കുന്ന ഒരു പ്രസംഗം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੈਕਿੰਡਮੈਂਟ

ਇੱਕ ਮੋਸ਼ਨ ਦਾ ਸਮਰਥਨ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਇੱਕ ਭਾਸ਼ਣ

🇵🇰Urdu

سیکنڈمنٹ

تحریک کی حمایت کرنے والی تقریر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

借调

附议动议的发言

🇯🇵Japanese

出向

動議を支持する演説

🇰🇷Korean

파견

동의를 지지하는 연설

🇻🇳Vietnamese

biệt phái

một bài phát biểu ủng hộ một kiến nghị

🇹🇭Thai

รอง

คำพูดที่ทำให้เกิดการเคลื่อนไหว

🇮🇩Indonesian

penugasan

pidato yang mendukung suatu mosi

🇲🇾Malay

peminjaman

ucapan menyokong usul

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إعارة

خطاب إعارة الحركة

🇮🇷Persian

اعزام

یک سخنرانی که یک حرکت را دنبال می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

geçici görev

bir önergeyi destekleyen bir konuşma

🇮🇱Hebrew

משכה

נאום המשנה תנועה

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