sec
297
1.5
One of sixty equal parts of a minute
- noun
- /sɛk/
:
segundo
- - Give me a sec.
- 1 sec
- 5 sec
- 10 sec
Oh, hang on, hang on a SEC, hang about.
- Oh, hang on, hang on a SEC, hang about.
- I lost the plot for just a SEC, right?
- Let's backtrack for a SEC to before that bit.
- I for a quick SEC I thought this was Patreon.
- Hi, FaceTime me one SEC because I'm on the podcast.
- This is Alesso, and for a SEC, let's see, it's called Going Dumb.
- She's just like, oh, wait a SEC, my Bo was gone.
- She's just like, oh, wait a SEC, my boa was gone.
- OK, in Israel, Hold on one SEC Dan, you're coming through the speaker.
- Can we talk a SEC about California, the drought?
- And that will be great because we can say, hang on a SEC, you were lying.
- So I will see you in a SEC and tell you what I think of them.
- Matt, you will be here in a SEC.
- Oops, I didn't close this hold on a SEC.
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Examples
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Okay, hold on a sec.
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We'll be there in a sec.
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Hey, sorry, one sec, uh...
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Can you wait a sec? I think I got a call from the electric company!
Fiction book (2002) -
Just give me a sec.
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- Alright, just a sec.
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I'm going downstairs for a sec.
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I'll meet you there in a sec. "Keys," Tritia said, holding out her hand.
Fiction book (1991) -
You got a sec?
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Please hold on for a sec while I grab my coat.
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Etymology
Sec is short for second, which comes from the Latin word secunda meaning 'the second' or 'the following part'. So a sec is the small unit of time that 'follows' the minute and equals one sixtieth of a minute.