secretary

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secretary noun

1 person who works in an office

ADJ. executive, legal | press, publicity | personal, private | social | school
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JOB:

be, work as ~ She's a well-known writer. Her father, a trained chef, now works as a bus driver.

study to be, train as, train to be ~ She trained as a painter and sculptor.

start (work) as ~ He started work as a trainee chef.

become, qualify as ~ She qualified as a vet last year.

employ (sb as), have The company employs more than 1500 engineers.

engage (sb as), get, hire (sb as), recruit, take on ~ They have recruited a new designer.

appoint, appoint sb (as), make sb ~ are usually used with academic, official or highly responsible jobs: He was appointed Professor of Law at Yale. At 39 she was made chairman of the board.

dismiss, fire, sack ~ The club have sacked their coach.

2 official of a club/government department, etc.

ADJ. chief, first the First Secretary of the Communist Party | deputy, under | assistant | acting | permanent | honorary | former, then the then Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson | executive, general | branch, district, group, national, regional | club, company | cabinet, shadow (= a senior British politician of the opposition party) | parliamentary, state | Agriculture, Defence, Economic, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Financial, Foreign, Health, Home, Trade and Industry, Transport, Treasury, etc.

VERB + SECRETARY act as | resign as | elect, elect sb (as) | replace (sb as)

SECRETARY + NOUN General UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan

PREP. ~ for the Secretary for National Defence | ~ to secretary to the jockey club

PHRASES the post of secretary, Secretary of State the United States Secretary of State

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

secretaries
syn.: escritoire repository secretaire secretarial assistant writing table