📖 Definitions of "Sec."
- 1
Something that is number two in a series.
- 2
Something that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
- 3
The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
- 4
(usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
"They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds."
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One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- 2
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- 3
A short, indeterminate amount of time.
"I'll be there in a second."
- 1
One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
- 2
One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
"If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second."
- 3
Aid; assistance; help.
- 1
Someone entrusted with a secret; a confidant.
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A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
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(often capitalized) The head of a department of government.
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A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
"Ban Ki-Moon was a secretary general of the United Nations."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Sec."
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| gennoun | A female given name, a short form of Genevieve. |
| itaanoun | — |
| treasnoun | — |
| secondnoun | Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two. |
| momentnoun | A particular point of time; an instant. |
| instantnoun | A very short period of time; a moment. |
| tricenoun | Now only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment. |
| heartbeatnoun | The rhythm at which a heart pulsates, a cardiac indicator. |
| blinkverb | (intransitive) To close and reopen both eyes quickly. |
| jiffynoun | (colloquial) A very short, unspecified length of time. |
| flashnoun | (transitive) To cause to shine briefly or intermittently. |
| split-secondnoun | A fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment. |
| ticknoun | A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida. |
| twinklingnoun | Sparkling intermittently. |
| breathnoun | (uncountable) The act or process of breathing. |
| winknoun | (transitive, intransitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.) |
| eyeblinknoun | An act of blinking one's eyelids one time. |
| monoun | A diminutive of the male given names Mohammed, Moses, Maurice, Morris, Moritz, or Mortimer. |
| microsecondnoun | (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁶ seconds. Symbol: μs |
| nanosecondnoun | (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻⁹ seconds. Symbol: ns |
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