sec

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(a sec) [sing.] (informal) a very short time; a second: Stay there. I'll be back in a sec. * Hang on (= wait) a sec.

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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