- secretary
- noun1 person who works in an officeADJECTIVE▪ executive, legal▪ medical▪ press, publicity▪ personal, private▪ social▪ school2 head of a government department in the USADJECTIVE▪ deputy▪
deputy secretary of agriculture in the Bush administration
▪ assistant▪assistant secretary of commerce under President Clinton
▪ acting▪ former▪former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen
▪ cabinet▪ state▪ Agriculture, Commerce, Defence, Education, Health, Homeland Security, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, etc.VERB + SECRETARY▪ resign as▪ replace (sb as)PREPOSITION▪ secretary for▪the Treasury Department's Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
▪ secretary of▪a former assistant secretary of defense
PHRASES▪ Secretary of State▪the US Secretary of State
3 government minister or assistant in the UKADJECTIVE▪ permanent▪ former▪the former Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson
▪ cabinet, shadow (= a senior British politician of the opposition party) (BrE)▪ parliamentary▪ Agriculture, Defence, Economic, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Financial, Foreign, Health, Home, Transport, Treasury, etc.PREPOSITION▪ secretary to▪the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
PHRASES▪ Secretary of State▪the Secretary of State for Education
4 official of an organizationADJECTIVE▪ chief, first▪the First Secretary of the Communist Party
▪ assistant, deputy▪ honorary▪ executive, general▪ branch, district, group, national, party, regional▪ club, companyVERB + SECRETARY▪ resign as▪ elect▪ elect sb, elect sb as▪ replace▪ replace sb asSECRETARY + NOUN▪ General▪UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon
PREPOSITION▪ secretary to▪secretary to the Jockey Club
PHRASES▪ the post of secretary
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secretary — sec‧re‧ta‧ry [ˈsekrtri ǁ teri] noun secretaries PLURALFORM [countable] JOBS 1. someone who works in an office helping to organize the work, answering the telephone, arranging meetings etc: • His personal secretary (= one working for only him )… … Financial and business terms
Secretary — Título La secretaria Ficha técnica Dirección Steven Shainberg Producción Andrew Fierberg Amy Hobby Steven Shainberg … Wikipedia Español
Secretary — Sec re*ta*ry, n.; pl. {Secretaries}. [F. secr[ e]taire (cf. Pr. secretari, Sp. & Pg. secretario, It. secretario, segretario) LL. secretarius, originally, a confidant, one intrusted with secrets, from L. secretum a secret. See {Secret}, a. & n.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
secretary — sec·re·tary n pl tar·ies often cap 1: an officer of a business concern who may keep records of directors and stockholders meetings and of stock ownership and transfer and help supervise the company s interests 2: a government officer who… … Law dictionary
Secretary — [ sekrətri] der, /...ries, in England im 16. Jahrhundert Bezeichnung des leitenden Ministers, später allgemein Minister Titel. Die wichtigsten Kabinettsmitglieder heißen Secretary of State. In den USA ist »Secretary of State« nur für den… … Universal-Lexikon
Secretary — Secretary, MD U.S. town in Maryland Population (2000): 503 Housing Units (2000): 218 Land area (2000): 0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Secretary, MD — U.S. town in Maryland Population (2000): 503 Housing Units (2000): 218 Land area (2000): 0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.258731 sq. miles (0.670109 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
secretary — [n1] office worker assistant, clerk, executive secretary, receptionist, typist, word processor; concept 348 secretary [n2] desk bureau, davenport, escritoire, secretaire, writing desk, writing table; concept 443 … New thesaurus
secretary — (n.) late 14c., person entrusted with secrets, from M.L. secretarius clerk, notary, confidential officer, confidant, from L. secretum a secret (see SECRET (Cf. secret)). Meaning person who keeps records, write letters, etc., originally for a king … Etymology dictionary
secretary — should be pronounced as four syllables with the first r fully articulated, not as if it were spelt seketerry or sekretry … Modern English usage
secretary — ► NOUN (pl. secretaries) 1) a person employed to assist with correspondence, keep records, etc. 2) an official of a society or other organization who conducts its correspondence and keeps its records. 3) the principal assistant of a UK government … English terms dictionary