secretary
/ˈsɛk.(ɹ)əˌtɛɹ.i/noun4 syllables
Secretary means: a desk used for writing.
Synonyms for secretary5
noun, as in a desk used for writing
writing table, escritoire, secretaire
noun, as in an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
secretarial assistant
noun, as in a person to whom a secret is entrusted
What does secretary mean?4
noun
1
a desk used for writing
2
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
3
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
4
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Secretary in a sentence
- Your club needs to elect officers: president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.Chevere33
- As a secretary, he can easily arrange that.pullnosemans
- He dismissed his secretary, who was very idle.unknown
- Officially it is his responsibility, but in fact his secretary does all the work.CM
- The manager treated his secretary very badly, because she made a small mistake.Nylez
- The secretary opened the mail which had been delivered that morning.CK
- The boss has a high opinion of his secretary.unknown
- Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.CM
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Forms of secretary
as a noun
- plural
- secretaries