how to pronounce sic

/ˈsɪk/

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sic is pronounced in one syllable

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meanings of sic

verb:

To set upon; to chase; to attack.
To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
To mark with a bracketed sic.

adverb:

Thus; thus written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.

noun:

Initialism of School Improvement Council.

sic frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sic occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sic can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sic can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;