How to pronounce sec in American English
“sec” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to sec the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “sec” in: all accents · British English (279 clips)
“sec” in real sentences — American speakers
727 clips in the index. 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
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is an SEC regulation, right?
US National Archives
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cases also involve the SEC, how do you make sure that you and the SEC are
Dept of Justice
Words that sound like “sec”
Words one sound away from sec — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
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.