Synonyms for sec
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1. second, sec, snoun

   1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

   Synonyms:
   endorsement, second, instant, sulfur, sulphur, secondment, s, second base, second gear, secant, moment, siemens, indorsement, due south, reciprocal ohm, mho, south, mo, irregular, southward, entropy, randomness, atomic number 16, bit, arcsecond, minute

   Antonyms:
   sweet

2. secant, secnoun

   ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

   Synonyms:
   s, second, secant

   Antonyms:
   sweet

3. Securities and Exchange Commission, SECadjective

   an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors

   Synonyms:
   s, second, secant

   Antonyms:
   sweet

4. sec, unsweetadjective

   (of champagne) moderately dry

   Synonyms:
   unsweet

   Antonyms:
   sweet

Matched Categories

1. • Time Unit
   • Trigonometric Function

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "sec":

   dry, sek, seg, sce, sect, esa, secs, seconds, s, second, ces, rtas, neat, kiln-dried, minute, acr, smc, art, chd, dried, cab, sces

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1. SEC

   What does SEC stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SEC acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. Executive Chairman Jack Ma:

   We want to thank the SEC for giving us an opportunity to interact.

2. Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett:

   We chose not to redact any information -- we fully stand behind our SEC filings, the methodologies we use to calculate mDAU, and our statements about the percentage of spam accounts on our platform.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   For years, the same hedge funds, private equity firms, and wealthy investors dismayed by the GameStop trades have treated the stock market like their own personal casino while everyone else pays the price, it’s long past time for the SEC and other financial regulators to wake up and do their jobs.

4. Marc Adesso:

   I could see the SEC encouraging the NYSE to put in place rules that might smooth such swings as a result of retail investment activity.

5. Paul Ryan:

   The SEC's case is a purely circumstantial one, this is the mother of all circumstantial cases.