Meaning of sic in English

sic

adverb

/sɪk/ us

/sɪk/

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a word written in brackets after a word that you have copied to show that you know it has been spelled or used wrongly:

The notice outside the office said "Closed on Wedensday" (sic).

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(Definition of sic from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

sic | American Dictionary

sic

adverb [ not gradable ]

/sɪk/

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used in brackets after a word or phrase copied from somewhere else to show the writer knows it appears to be wrong but this is intentional or exactly as in the original:

The sign said, "Closed on Wendsday" [sic].

(Definition of sic from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

SIC | Business English

SIC

noun [ S ]

GOVERNMENT

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abbreviation for Standard Industrial Classification: a system of numbers used in the US to organize industries and business activities into groups. This system has mainly been replaced by the NAICS:

Both SIC and NAICS classify establishments by their primary type of activity.

a list of SIC codes

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the NAICS

the UK SIC

(Definition of SIC from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sic

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Is it really true that sickle-cell anaemia (p. 7) is lethal earlier than thallassaemia (sic)?

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Traditional criminology, it is argued, has resisted engagement with ' the elderly ' (sic) because it has focused instead on ' street ' and ' stranger ' crime.

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Locally known as the ' educators' (sic) or ' intellectuals', they constitute a new group in regional politics.

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Scholastic rationality with its sic et non could foster an understanding of plurality and a sense of unity in diversity.

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