secretary
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈsɛkrəˌtɛri/
:
secretario
- She has worked as a secretary at the law firm for five years, managing appointments and correspondence.
- an office secretary
- an executive secretary
- employed as a secretary
And my mum was the secretary and my dad was the bar manager.
- And my mum was the secretary and my dad was the bar manager.
- And so I play his secretary in high school.
- He has his secretaries who do some of that work.
- His assistant, his secretary at admin, got sick and she had the flu.
- Joanne was, by her own admission, the worst secretary ever.
- I had gone to Harry's own communications secretary seven days before publishing the story.
- So I knew my agent secretary very well.
- Like Secretary, let's just take a nice long inhale and an exhale.
Examples
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I'm only Mr. Hunsecker's secretary.
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Her first paid job was as secretary to JT Inskip, Vicar and nearby Jesmond.
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I have been a secretary for 18 months.
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Let my secretary sort it out.
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See my secretary in the morning.
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We have a new secretary.
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I did not intend to be a secretary forever.
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At around the meeting time, the school secretary informed the team that the parent had arrived.
Academic text (2012) -
My mother is a secretary for the Ladies Garment Workers Union.
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Each PFLA chapter elected a president, vice president, and secretary to help manage its operations.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
273
2.5
A person who keeps records and does office tasks
6
3.9
A person who helps a top manager with office work and private papers
4
9.9
A person who helps with office work and sometimes holds a senior government job
3
5.2
A person who arranges and answers social invitations and plans events and appointments
1
3.8
A person who writes and saves important official information in files
A person who does office tasks like filing and answering phones for managers
Compounds
- Formal
436
3.7
A government leader who handles a country's relations with other countries
- Formal
181
4.6
The person in the United States government who is in charge of the military and advises the President
- Formal
92
3.9
The main official who leads an international organisation like the United Nations
- Formal
89
3.2
A senior government minister who leads a country's foreign relations
- Formal
71
4.6
A government official who leads the United States department that promotes trade and industry
- Formal
46
4.1
A senior government official who manages a country's money and economy
- Formal
14
3.9
A government official in charge of national education policy and schools
- Archaic
14
6.0
Leader of the United States Navy department before 1947 in charge of its operations
- Formal
14
5.3
A government official who leads a department that manages a nation's money and financial policy
13
4.2
A government official who leads the United States Department of Commerce
11
3.7
A government leader who runs the Department of Energy and plans how the country uses energy
- Formal
11
3.5
A government official who leads the department that deals with jobs and work rules
- Formal
10
4.0
The official who leads the United States Department of Labor and advises the president
- Formal
8
6.1
A government official in the US who leads the Department of the Interior and manages public lands and natural resources
- Formal
7
5.1
A US government official who manages and protects federal lands and resources
- Formal
7
4.1
The head of the United States department that manages national money and financial policy
- Formal
7
4.6
A person who leads the United States Department of Energy and advises the president on energy and nuclear safety
- Archaic
7
8.6
Person in charge of the United States Army until 1947 when the job moved to the Secretary of Defense
6
3.7
A person who leads the United States department that runs public health and social services programs
- Formal
6
4.6
A person who leads the United States government department that plans and runs the country's transport
- Formal
6
4.6
A United States government official who leads the Department of Transportation and makes national transport rules
- Formal
6
4.1
The head of the United States Department of Education who oversees national education policy
- Formal
5
4.4
A government official in charge of the country's farming policy
- Literature
5
4.6
A senior government minister who leads the Home Office and handles security, law and immigration
- Formal
4
3.9
A government minister who leads the department that makes farming policy
- Formal
4
3.6
A senior government official who leads a national education department and sets policy
3
5.0
The head of the United States government department for housing and cities
3
5.2
A person who arranges and answers social invitations and plans events and appointments
- Formal
1
6.3
The government leader of the United States Department of the Navy before 1947
1
4.9
The person who leads the United States government department that helps people who used to be in the military
1
7.3
An important government official in charge of a department who coordinates other departments
1
7.7
A person who led the United States government department for health and education from 1953 to 1979
A person who led the United States department that handled business and worker affairs before 1913
A senior British minister who leads the Home Office and deals with security, immigration, and law and order
- South African
A large African bird with long legs and feathers on its head that walks to hunt snakes and small animals
- Formal
A government official who led the United States Department of War before 1947
How Professional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Secretary comes from the Latin root secret meaning 'secret' or 'private'. Long ago a 'secretary' was a person trusted to keep private papers and messages, so today a secretary helps with letters, records, and other administrative tasks.