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tec

[ tek ]

noun

, Slang.


tec

1

/ tɛk /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for detective
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

TEC

2

/ tɛk /

acronym for

  1. Training and Enterprise Council See Training Agency
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tec1

First recorded in 1875–80; by shortening
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Example Sentences

Though we still have a long way to go, our dedication to doing right by the world also gives me hope for the future of inclusivity in all of tec.

From Time

Some of them are in the country legally but still ineligible for support under the Patient Pro­tec­tion and Afford­able Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.

From Reuters

Starsky & Hutch's tongues are just one part of Jack Cloth's success as a telly tec.

He couldn’t eat a bite or tak a pint o’ their light beer that a ’tec wasn’t sittin’ at t’ next table.

No English 'tec can touch 'em for cuteness.

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