Слово англійською: secretary
Іменник
Переклад secretary українською: секрета́р (відповіда́є за ділово́дство устано́ви і т. д.), секрета́рка, міні́стр, прес-секрета́р, генера́льний секрета́р
Детальний опис
secretary
noun /ˈsekrəteri/
(plural secretaries)
(abbreviation Sec.)
- 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 secretary
- 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 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 Secretary - (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 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, undersecretary 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’.