Collocations for secretary - noun
1. person who works in an office
ADJ.
executive, legal | press, publicity | personal, private | social | school
ADJ.
chief, first
the First Secretary of the Communist Party
the First Secretary of the Communist Party
deputy, under | assistant | acting | permanent | honorary | former, then
the then Secretary of State for Energy, Cecil Parkinson
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)
(= 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
UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan
PREP.
~ for
the Secretary for National Defence
the Secretary for National Defence
~ to
secretary to the jockey club
secretary to the jockey club
PHRASES
the post of secretary, Secretary of State
the United States Secretary of State
the United States Secretary of State