Collocations for "secretary"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "secretary" in context.
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secretary
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [company, business, department] secretary
- works as secretary to the [director, owner, general manager]
- works as the [director's] secretary
- is the secretary and personal assistant
- is the [club, association, committee] secretary
- the secretary [organizes, makes, handles] travel arrangements
- the secretary manages the [agenda, schedule, travel plans]
- the secretary does the [scheduling, filing, archiving]
- the secretary [answered, fielded, passed on] the calls
- are among the secretary's [duties, tasks, responsibilities]
- her secretary sent out the [reminders, emails, copies, invitations]
- asked the secretary to book a [flight, room, table]
- is looking for [a new, an experienced, a skilled] secretary
- interviewing [potential, hopeful, possible] secretaries
- had an affair with his secretary
- was flirting with his secretary
- is the [finance, foreign relations, trade] secretary
- is the secretary of [finance]
- the secretary of state
- is the secretary-general (of the United Nations)
'secretary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):