Wondering how to use Secretary in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as head or secretaire.
Secretary meaning
- A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work.
- The head of a department of government.
- A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
Synonyms of Secretary
Using Secretary
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who keeps records, takes notes and handles general clerical work. | The head of a department of government. | A managerial or leading position in certain non-profit organizations, such as political parties, trade unions, international organizations.
- Useful related words include: head, secretaire, escritoire, writing table.
- In the example corpus, secretary often appears in combinations such as: secretary of, secretary and, foreign secretary.
Context around Secretary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Secretary
- In this selection, "secretary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, foreign, home, defence, boris, amber and david stand out and add context to how "secretary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and brexit secretary david davis, and culture secretary lucy fraser, chief secretary, principal secretary and home secretary. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "secretary" sits close to words such as natural, limited and opening, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with secretary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence secretary and transport secretary. (20 words)
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Chancellor Philip Hammond, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are staying in their jobs. (21 words)
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Housing Secretary James Brokenshire have all declared their support for Mr Johnson's leadership bid. (24 words)
If both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury are unable to carry out the duties of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, then whichever Treasury official of Under Secretary rank sworn in earliest assumes the role of Acting Secretary. (43 words)
His experience in football administration led him to join the Gravesend League where he served as secretary and fixture secretary, roles he held until it folded in 2012 after 108 years, overlapping with his position as Fleet’s secretary. (39 words)
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid, former leader of the House of Commons Angela Leadsom, and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson have all thrown their hats in the ring for the Tory leadership. (39 words)
Sue Gray resigned as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid infighting in No 10He said: “Isn’t that the role of the Scottish Secretary, the Welsh Secretary, the NI Secretary and the Local Government Ministerial team? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Law Secretary, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs secretary, President’s office secretary, Cabinet secretary, secretary to Prime Minister’s Office, Jatiya Sangsad secretary and Chief Election Commissioner have been made respondents to the writ.
If both the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury are unable to carry out the duties of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, then whichever Treasury official of Under Secretary rank sworn in earliest assumes the role of Acting Secretary.
Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro in Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2024.
DGP Ravi Gupta, Special Chief Secretary Sunil Sharma, Secretary GAD V. Seshadri, Secretary Health S.A.M. Rizvi, senior police officers, and senior officials of line departments attended the meeting.
His experience in football administration led him to join the Gravesend League where he served as secretary and fixture secretary, roles he held until it folded in 2012 after 108 years, overlapping with his position as Fleet’s secretary.
Ministry of Transport’s permanent secretary Dato Alice Jawan Empaling, Ministry of Food Industry, Commodities and Regional Development permanent secretary cum state-level Gawai working committee secretary Sirai Daha were also present at the meeting.
Others who emerged include; Vice President, Hon Oji Chidi, Secretary General, Hon. Enueme Paul, Financial Secretary, Osakwe Emeke, Treasurer, Hon. Comrade Akinima Kisito, Publicity Secretary, Comr.
Assistant Coroner for Inner West London, Paul Rogers, has now written to Home Secretary James Cleverley, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, and Culture Secretary Lucy Fraser to call for action to prevent more deaths.
I would just note that this issue has been part of longstanding conversations with Chinese officials in our channels, whether it’s Secretary Yellen, Secretary Raimondo, and Secretary Blinken, most recently.
Prime minister Rishi Sunak – along with the home secretary, defence secretary and foreign secretary – was facing multiple legal challenges from Afghans left in limbo over the government’s failure to relocate them.
Sue Gray resigned as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid infighting in No 10He said: “Isn’t that the role of the Scottish Secretary, the Welsh Secretary, the NI Secretary and the Local Government Ministerial team?
Yvette Cooper (above), Hilary Benn and Ed Miliband were cabinet ministers in the last Labour government and will be again under Starmer – taking up the roles of Home Secretary, Northern Ireland Secretary and Energy Secretary respectively.
The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla; Secretary-General, French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, François Delattre; and Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Frances Adamson.
Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid, former leader of the House of Commons Angela Leadsom, and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson have all thrown their hats in the ring for the Tory leadership.
Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart each have a 4% chance of the top job while Home Secretary (interior minister) Sajid Javid has a 3% chance.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns, Transport Secretary Chris Grayling and Housing Secretary James Brokenshire have all declared their support for Mr Johnson's leadership bid.
Downing Street confirmed Chancellor Philip Hammond, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Brexit Secretary David Davis are all keeping their current jobs.
Her four “big beasts”, Chancellor Philip Hammond, Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis have all remained in the same as position.
He was foreign secretary under David Cameron from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as defence secretary and transport secretary.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd, Chancellor Philip Hammond, Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are staying in their jobs.
Phrases with secretary
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with secretary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- secretary of 97×
- secretary and 33×
- foreign secretary 27×
- secretary to 24×
- chief secretary 21×
- principal secretary 18×
- the secretary 17×
- home secretary 17×
- general secretary 14×
- cabinet secretary 11×