Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sec.

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables: sec.
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of security.

noun

Abbreviation of securities.

noun

Abbreviation of section.

noun

Abbreviation of Secretary.

noun

Abbreviation of section.

noun

Abbreviation of second.

noun

Abbreviation of secretary.

prep

Abbreviation of secundum.

Example Sentences

"In addition to the report, which the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency are using as evidence to weaken pollution rules, the administration has removed all congressionally mandated climate assessments from federal websites. Energy Sec. Chris Wright said the administration is changing those previously published assessments before they put them back on the web, CNN reported."

Derived Forms

msec.

Questions

What does sec. mean?: Abbreviation of security.

How to pronounce sec.

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