noun
1 person who works in an office
ADJECTIVE
▪ executive , legal
▪ medical
▪ press , publicity
▪ personal , private
▪ social
▪ school
2 head of a government department in the US
ADJECTIVE
▪ deputy
▪
deputy ~ of agriculture in the Bush administration
▪ assistant
▪
assistant ~ of commerce under President Clinton
▪ acting
▪ former
▪
former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen
▪ cabinet
▪ state
▪ Agriculture , Commerce , Defence , Education , Health , Homeland Security , Interior , Labor , Transportation , Treasury , etc.
VERB + SECRETARY
▪ resign as
▪ replace (sb as)
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
the Treasury Department's Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy
▪ ~ of
▪
a former assistant ~ of defense
PHRASES
▪ Secretary of State
▪
the US Secretary of State
3 government minister or assistant in the UK
ADJECTIVE
▪ permanent
▪ former
▪
the former Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson
▪ cabinet , shadow (= a senior British politician of the opposition party) ( BrE )
▪ parliamentary
▪ Agriculture , Defence , Economic , Education , Employment , Energy , Environment , Financial , Foreign , Health , Home , Transport , Treasury , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
the Financial Secretary to the Treasury
PHRASES
▪ Secretary of State
▪
the Secretary of State for Education
4 official of an organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , first
▪
the First Secretary of the Communist Party
▪ assistant , deputy
▪ honorary
▪ executive , general
▪ branch , district , group , national , party , regional
▪ club , company
VERB + SECRETARY
▪ resign as
▪ elect
▪ elect sb , elect sb as
▪ replace
▪ replace sb as
SECRETARY + NOUN
▪ General
▪
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
~ to the Jockey Club
PHRASES
▪ the post of ~