- (of wines) dry
- (of champagne) of medium sweetness
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sec1 /sɛk/USA pronunciation
adj.
sec2 /sɛk/USA pronunciation n. [countable;
usually singular usually: a + ~]
sec, an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Wine(of wine) dry;
not sweet.
sec2 /sɛk/USA pronunciation n. [countable;
usually singular usually: a + ~]
- a second:Wait a sec; I'm not ready yet.
sec, an abbreviation of:
- Timesecond.
- secretary.
- section.
sec1
(sek),USA pronunciation adj.
sec2 (sek),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
SEC, [U.S. Govt.]
sec,
sec.,
- Wine(of wines) dry;
not sweet.
- French; see sack3
- 1885–90
sec2 (sek),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
- Informal Termssecond2 (def. 2).
- by shortening 1955–60
SEC, [U.S. Govt.]
- GovernmentSecurities and Exchange Commission: a board, consisting of five members, charged with regulating the public offer and sale of securities.
sec,
- Mathematicssecant.
- Timesecond.
- section.
- Mathematics[Symbol, Trig.]arc secant.
sec.,
- second.
- secondary.
- secretary.
- section.
- sector.
- according to.
- Latin secundum
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sec /sɛk/ adj
sec /sɛk/ n
- informal
short for second2: wait a sec
sec /sɛk/ abbreviation for
- secant
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SEC abbreviation for
- Securities and Exchange Commission
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sec. abbreviation for
- second (of time)
- secondary
- secretary
- section
- sector
'sec' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
arc
- cosmopolitan
- cusec
- demi-sec
- sack
- sec.
- secant
- secy
- arc sec
- arc secant
- arc second
- bona fides
- breeze
- calm
- certified professional secretary
- conchoid
- conic section
- cross section
- dissect
- ephemeris second
- executive secretary
- fin. sec.
- foreign secretary
- fps
- fresco secco
- fresh breeze
- fresh gale
- gale
- gale warning
- gentle breeze
- golden section
- half-second
- half-section
- healing by second intention
- Home Secretary
- Hubble's constant
- hurricane
- hurricane-force wind
- hurricane warning
- Kčs.
- km/sec
- leap second
- light
- light air
- light breeze
- longitudinal section
- magazine section
- Mendel's second law
- moderate breeze
- moderate gale