Secretary
noun
A person who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.
She works as a secretary at a law firm.
Often appears as...
- secretary of the company
- executive secretary
noun
An officer of state who is in charge of a department of government.
The secretary of defense declined to comment on the matter.
Often appears as...
- secretary of state
- secretary of defense
noun
A piece of furniture for use as a writing desk.
She used the small secretary in the corner of her bedroom to write letters.
Often appears as...
- oak secretary
- antique secretary
noun
A type of large, brown bird of prey that has long legs and that lives in Africa.
The secretary bird hunts on the ground for snakes and other small animals.
Often appears as...
- secretary bird hunting
- secretary bird in africa
noun
A person who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.
She works as a secretary at a law firm.
Often appears as...
- secretary of the company
- executive secretary
noun
An officer of state who is in charge of a department of government.
The secretary of defense declined to comment on the matter.
Often appears as...
- secretary of state
- secretary of defense
noun
A piece of furniture for use as a writing desk.
She used the small secretary in the corner of her bedroom to write letters.
Often appears as...
- oak secretary
- antique secretary
noun
A type of large, brown bird of prey that has long legs and that lives in Africa.
The secretary bird hunts on the ground for snakes and other small animals.
Often appears as...
- secretary bird hunting
- secretary bird in africa
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Assistant
Refers to someone who does administrative tasks, organizes files, and manages schedules in an office.
The CEO relies on her secretary to manage her busy itinerary.
Pro Tip 2/3Confidential Work
A secretary is often trusted with private information about the company or personnel.
As the director's secretary, she handles all the confidential contracts.
Pro Tip 3/3Office Communication
Acts as a conduit for communication, passing messages between departments and external contacts.
The secretary informed everyone about the change in meeting time.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Assistant
Refers to someone who does administrative tasks, organizes files, and manages schedules in an office.
The CEO relies on her secretary to manage her busy itinerary.
Pro Tip 2/3Confidential Work
A secretary is often trusted with private information about the company or personnel.
As the director's secretary, she handles all the confidential contracts.
Pro Tip 3/3Office Communication
Acts as a conduit for communication, passing messages between departments and external contacts.
The secretary informed everyone about the change in meeting time.
Pro Tip 1/3Professional Assistant
Refers to someone who does administrative tasks, organizes files, and manages schedules in an office.
The CEO relies on her secretary to manage her busy itinerary.
Pro Tip 2/3Confidential Work
A secretary is often trusted with private information about the company or personnel.
As the director's secretary, she handles all the confidential contracts.
Pro Tip 3/3Office Communication
Acts as a conduit for communication, passing messages between departments and external contacts.
The secretary informed everyone about the change in meeting time.
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By day, Rosa worked as a seamstress to support her mother and husband. By night, she researched and documented numerous civil rights cases, from local policy disputes to high-profile murder cases and hate crimes. As secretary, she prepared public responses
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So I started publishing. I published everywhere. I wrote down and measured everything, and I said, in nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.
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and it's much more difficult to simply reduce the heart count. And so they came up with a furlough program. Every employee, from secretary to CEO, was required to take four weeks of unpaid vacation. They could take it any time they wanted,
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The role of disruption...
literally disruption swaggered through the door I was the social secretary at college a scruffy kid came in off the street one day asking join a band to play for free tomorrow night mate I said of course the band was the sex pistols
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if you know the tail feathers when they are out they make her very very good-looking well she's an eagle as I said earlier and she spends most of the time feeding on the ground and we call her the secretary bird which i think is
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Special Investigation:...
but were given his secretary instead we asked what happened to the three missin Tigers this dude done cooked that this already disappear we have completely 147 Tigers which mean no disappeared but these facts suggest otherwise
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
species in the family secretary birds spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their
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Giraffe's Blue Tongues PIPE...
species in the family secretary birds spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their
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Andrew Mwenda: Let's...
none of which has an ambulance. So, the four-wheel drive vehicles at the headquarters drive the ministers, the permanent secretaries, the bureaucrats and the international aid bureaucrats who work in aid projects,
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A Boat Made From Plastic...
on why plastic bolts should be banned one day the cabinet secretary tweeted back she supported my campaign two years later she banned plastic pots we had to
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The hidden life of Rosa...
By day, Rosa worked as a seamstress to support her mother and husband. By night, she researched and documented numerous civil rights cases, from local policy disputes to high-profile murder cases and hate crimes. As secretary, she prepared public responses
Video examples
Sugata Mitra: Build a...
So I started publishing. I published everywhere. I wrote down and measured everything, and I said, in nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West.
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Why good leaders make...
and it's much more difficult to simply reduce the heart count. And so they came up with a furlough program. Every employee, from secretary to CEO, was required to take four weeks of unpaid vacation. They could take it any time they wanted,
Video examples
The role of disruption...
literally disruption swaggered through the door I was the social secretary at college a scruffy kid came in off the street one day asking join a band to play for free tomorrow night mate I said of course the band was the sex pistols
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
if you know the tail feathers when they are out they make her very very good-looking well she's an eagle as I said earlier and she spends most of the time feeding on the ground and we call her the secretary bird which i think is
Video examples
Special Investigation:...
but were given his secretary instead we asked what happened to the three missin Tigers this dude done cooked that this already disappear we have completely 147 Tigers which mean no disappeared but these facts suggest otherwise
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
species in the family secretary birds spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their
Video examples
Giraffe's Blue Tongues PIPE...
species in the family secretary birds spend most of their time on the ground walking around in search of prey nesting pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their
Video examples
Andrew Mwenda: Let's...
none of which has an ambulance. So, the four-wheel drive vehicles at the headquarters drive the ministers, the permanent secretaries, the bureaucrats and the international aid bureaucrats who work in aid projects,
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A Boat Made From Plastic...
on why plastic bolts should be banned one day the cabinet secretary tweeted back she supported my campaign two years later she banned plastic pots we had to
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Jeremy Hunt
British Politician
What I want is a strong NHS delivering the highest standards of care anywhere in the world, and that is true to the founding values of the NHS, and I hope that, looking back on my time as health secretary, people can see that, actually, the foundations for that change were laid in the period that I was health secretary.
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Dee Dee Myers
American Public Servant
During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.
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Doug Pederson
American Coach
Communicate with the front office, communicate with the staff, communicate with the secretaries, everybody. And make everybody feel a part of something. That's important.
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Douglas Alexander
British Politician
As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose.
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Ed Davey
British Politician
My job as energy and climate change secretary is to both power the country and protect the planet. Nuclear power delivers on both of these objectives.
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Dean Acheson
American Statesman
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
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David Blunkett
British Politician
As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.
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Ariel Dorfman
Argentinian Novelist
Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.
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Sajid Javid
British Politician
I'm the British home secretary. My job is to protect the British public.
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Jeremy Hunt
British Politician
What I want is a strong NHS delivering the highest standards of care anywhere in the world, and that is true to the founding values of the NHS, and I hope that, looking back on my time as health secretary, people can see that, actually, the foundations for that change were laid in the period that I was health secretary.
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Dee Dee Myers
American Public Servant
During my years as a press secretary, I developed a powerful internal filter, which worked to strip all things 'off message' from my thoughts before they came out of my mouth. It didn't always work, of course, and I said more than a few things I regretted.
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Doug Pederson
American Coach
Communicate with the front office, communicate with the staff, communicate with the secretaries, everybody. And make everybody feel a part of something. That's important.
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Douglas Alexander
British Politician
As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose.
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Ed Davey
British Politician
My job as energy and climate change secretary is to both power the country and protect the planet. Nuclear power delivers on both of these objectives.
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Dean Acheson
American Statesman
The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
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David Blunkett
British Politician
As home secretary, I gained a reputation for being 'tough'; less concerned with liberty than with public protection.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.
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Ariel Dorfman
Argentinian Novelist
Responsibility without power, the fate of the secretary through the ages.
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Sajid Javid
British Politician
I'm the British home secretary. My job is to protect the British public.
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