sec
/sɛk/
sec noun: second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute. Also the clipping of second.
Noun (1)
sec (plural sec or secs)
- Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
- It is not permissible to use abbreviations for unit symbols or unit names, such as sec (for either s or second), sq. mm (for either mm² or square millimetre), cc (for either cm³ or cubic centimetre), or mps (for either m/s or metre per second).2025 August, “The International System of Units (SI)”, in Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2025, page 147
Proper noun capitalized: SEC
SEC
- Initialism of Securities and Exchange Commission.
- “Anyway, Kaspersky took her story to the SEC. I’m sorry, it’s rude to throw obscure acronyms around. I mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. They’re the people who look after my industry.” Vincent knew what the SEC was, because she made an effort to follow the financial news, but she only...2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 71
- Burr sold $1.65 million in stock on February 13, 2020, previous court filings by the SEC revealed.2023 January 6, Manu Raju and Devan Cole, “SEC closes insider trading probe into former Republican senator”, in CNN
- Abbreviation of Southeastern Conference, a college athletics conference
- Initialism of State Electricity Commission.
Noun (2) capitalized: SEC
SEC (countable and uncountable, plural SECs)
- Initialism of size-exclusion chromatography.
- Initialism of scavenger endothelial cell.
Also used as
sec is also the clipping of second.
sec is also the clipping of secretary.
sec meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati
sec in Hindi
- सेक
sec in Marathi
- सेक
sec in Bengali
- সেক
sec in Gujarati
- સેક
More languagesFewer languages
- sec in Nepali
- सेक
Examples of sec in a sentence
- I'll be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face.
- I ain’t ready yet; gimme a sec.
- I'm so sapio, the sec someone come across dumb, I'm turned off lol.
Synonyms of sec
Forms of sec
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sec |
| plural | secs |
| alternative form | sec. |
| plural | SECs |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | S.E.C. |
| alternative form | S. E. C. |
Words formed from sec
Phrases with sec
Words that rhyme with sec
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Questions about sec
- What does sec mean?
- Sec means second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
- What is sec in Hindi?
- Sec in Hindi is सेक. See Sec meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sec?
- Sec can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sec?
- Sec is pronounced /sɛk/.
- What is the plural of sec?
- The plural of sec is sec.
Words near sec in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sec (page history and authors); SEC (page history and authors); sec (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sec (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sec (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sec (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sec (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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