secretary

noun

/ˈsekrətri/

/ˈsekrəteri/

(plural secretaries)

(abbreviation Sec.)

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a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with mail and phone calls, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc.
- a legal/medical secretary
- the mayor's press secretary
- Please contact my secretary to make an appointment.
- secretary to somebody/something He is secretary to the board of governors.
In this meaning, secretary is starting to become old-fashioned, except in certain compounds like legal secretary and press secretary. It is now more usual to call somebody an assistant or PA (= personal assistant) Please contact my assistant to make an appointment. • We are looking for a new administrative assistant. • She is PA to the managing director. see also executive secretary, private secretaryTopics Jobsa2, Businessa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- executive
- legal
- medical
- …
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an official of a club, society, etc. who deals with mail, keeping records and making business arrangements
- the membership secretary
- She served as club secretary for 25 years.
- The union's branch secretary said he hoped a solution would be found.
- secretary to somebody/something secretary to the Jockey Club
Wordfinder
- AGM
- the chair
- club
- hobby
- member
- newsletter
- secretary
- society
- subscription
- treasurer
see also general secretary, social secretaryTopics Jobsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- chief
- first
- assistant
- …
verb + secretary
- resign as
- elect
- elect somebody
- …
secretary + noun
- General
preposition
- secretary to
phrases
- the post of secretary
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Secretary
(also Secretary of State)
(in the UK) the head of an important government department see also Foreign Secretary, Home SecretaryTopics Politicsb2
(in the US) the head of a government department, chosen by the president
- Secretary of the Treasury
- She was deputy secretary of agriculture in the first Obama administration.
Topics Politicsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deputy
- assistant
- acting
- …
verb + secretary
- resign as
- replace (somebody as)
preposition
- secretary for
- secretary of
phrases
- Secretary of State
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(in the UK) an assistant of a government minister, an ambassador, etc.
- Ms Watson is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Education.
see also parliamentary secretary, parliamentary private secretary, press secretary, undersecretaryTopics Politicsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- permanent
- former
- cabinet
- …
preposition
- secretary to
phrases
- Secretary of State
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Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’.

单词	secretary
释义	secretary noun /ˈsekrətri/ /ˈsekrəteri/ (plural secretaries) (abbreviation Sec.) jump to other results a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with mail and phone calls, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc. a legal/medical secretary the mayor's press secretary Please contact my secretary to make an appointment. secretary to somebody/something He is secretary to the board of governors. In this meaning, secretary is starting to become old-fashioned, except in certain compounds like legal secretary and press secretary. It is now more usual to call somebody an assistant or PA (= personal assistant) Please contact my assistant to make an appointment. • We are looking for a new administrative assistant. • She is PA to the managing director. see also executive secretary, private secretaryTopics Jobsa2, Businessa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective executive legal medical … See full entry an official of a club, society, etc. who deals with mail, keeping records and making business arrangements the membership secretary She served as club secretary for 25 years. The union's branch secretary said he hoped a solution would be found. secretary to somebody/something secretary to the Jockey Club Wordfinder AGM the chair club hobby member newsletter secretary society subscription treasurer see also general secretary, social secretaryTopics Jobsa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective chief first assistant … verb + secretary resign as elect elect somebody … secretary + noun General preposition secretary to phrases the post of secretary See full entry Secretary (also Secretary of State) (in the UK) the head of an important government department see also Foreign Secretary, Home SecretaryTopics Politicsb2 (in the US) the head of a government department, chosen by the president Secretary of the Treasury She was deputy secretary of agriculture in the first Obama administration. Topics Politicsb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective deputy assistant acting … verb + secretary resign as replace (somebody as) preposition secretary for secretary of phrases Secretary of State See full entry (in the UK) an assistant of a government minister, an ambassador, etc. Ms Watson is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Education. see also parliamentary secretary, parliamentary private secretary, press secretary, undersecretaryTopics Politicsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective permanent former cabinet … preposition secretary to phrases Secretary of State See full entry Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’.
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