seconding
Voicing formal agreement
Seconding is expressing support for something another person has proposed or said.
In formal meetings, seconding a motion allows it to proceed to discussion: The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
More casually, seconding means agreeing with someone's statement or suggestion: I'm seconding that recommendation.
In British usage, seconding can also mean temporarily transferring an employee to another position or department.
State of agreeing
- assentFormal expression of approval
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- approvalFavorable opinion given
support · backing · acquiescence · consensus · accord · agreement · ratification · sanction
Change in position
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- floorIndoor walking surface
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
vote · procedural · meeting · quorum · debate · amendment · speaker · chair
Shifting to new duties
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- rotationTurning on an axis
attachment · posting · delegation · placement · assignment · deputation · reallocation · dispatch
Strengthening or supporting
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
fortifying · augmenting · consolidating · reaffirming · substantiating · cementing · intensifying · enhancing
concurrence
State of agreeing
- assentFormal expression of approval
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- endorsementFormal expression of support
approval · support · backing · acquiescence · consensus · accord · agreement · ratification · sanction · acknowledgment
motion
Change in position
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- floorIndoor walking surface
resolution · vote · procedural · meeting · quorum · debate · amendment · speaker · chair · agenda
reassignment
Shifting to new duties
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
rotation · attachment · posting · delegation · placement · assignment · deputation · reallocation · dispatch
bolstering
Strengthening or supporting
- strengtheningIncreasing power or solidity
- amplifyingIncreasing strength or intensity
- buttressingSupporting from the side
underpinning · fortifying · augmenting · consolidating · reaffirming · substantiating · cementing · intensifying · enhancing · solidifying
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
- kind actshelping, aiding, assisting, donating, sharing
- board meetingsagenda, minutes, adjourn, adjournment, chairman
- club rulesdress codes, confidentiality, dues, sponsorship, blackballing
- parliamentarymotion, quorum, gavel, roll call, floor
secondingopposing
Standing against something
objecting · dissenting · blocking · vetoing · protesting
secondingproposing
Putting forth formally
leading · heading · initiating · originating · moving
second, secondary, seconds, seconded, secondarily, seconder, millisecond, nanosecond, secondment