You write sic in brackets after a word or expression when you want to indicate to the reader that although the word looks odd or wrong, you intended to write it like that or the original writer wrote it like that.
The latest school jobs page advertises a 'wide range (sic) of 6th-form courses.'
sic in British English1
(sɪk)
adverb
so or thus: inserted in brackets in a written or printed text to indicate that an odd or questionable reading is what was actually written or printed
Word origin
Latin
sic in British English2
(sɪk)
verbWord forms: sics, sicking or sicked(transitive)
1.
to turn on or attack: used only in commands, as to a dog
2.
to urge (a dog) to attack
Word origin
C19: dialect variant of seek
sic in British English3
(sɪk)
determiner, adverb
a Scot word for such
sic in American English1
(sɪk)
adjective
Scottish
such
sic in American English2
(sɪk)
verb transitiveWord forms: sicced or sicked, ˈsiccing or ˈsicking
1.
to set upon; pursue and attack
said esp. of or to a dog
2.
to urge or incite to attack
to sic a dog on someone
Word origin
var. of seek
sic in American English3
(sɪk; sik)
Latin
adverb
thus; so
used within brackets, [sic], to show that a quoted passage, esp. one containing some error or something questionable,is precisely reproduced
Examples of 'sic' in a sentence
sic
The period of mourning was clearly over with; sic transit Jasper Flodge.
MacLeod, Charlotte SOMETHING IN THE WATER (2001)
"If you say `Just like a woman,'" Shelley warned, "I'm going to sic Squeeze on you.