How to pronounce sec
Listen to sec in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“sec” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 494 American · 277 British · 11 Australian · 6 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Looks like we've got some seven (ft/sec) (and) eights (ft/sec) a few eights (ft/sec velocities) intermingled
USGS · hear it here
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>> five separate SEC submissions.
60 Minutes · hear it here
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>> sec uh Cabinet presiding officer.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Episode over! Wait a sec...
CrashCourse · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of sec. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.