Secretary - English meaning

Secretary – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, make appointments, and carry out administrative tasks.
Usage examples:
She was secretary to david wilby mp
Synonims:
AssistantPersonal assistantPaAdministratorClerkClerical assistantAmanuensisGirl/man fridayTypistShorthand typistCopyistKeyboarderStenographer

noun
A person who works in an office and prepares letters, keeps records, schedules meetings, and makes other arrangements for a particular person or for an organization
Usage examples:
The secretary of the treasury, freya is running for secretary of the student council.

noun
Someone who works in an office, writing letters, making telephone calls, organizing meetings, etc. for other people
Usage examples:
She works at the international convention centre as a secretary., when i called, her secretary said…

Secretary translation into English

Secretary: translate from English into Chinese

秘书, 书记, 部长, 秘

Secretary: translate from English into Dutch

Secretaris, Secretaresse, Minister, Secretaire, Geheimschrijver, Schrijftafel

Secretary: translate from English into French

Secrétaire

Secretary: translate from English into German

Sekretär, Sekretärin, Minister, Schriftführer, Geschäftsführer, Schreiber, Protokollführer, Protokollant

Secretary: translate from English into Hindi

सचिव, सेक्रेटरी, मंत्रिणी, इटैलिक

Secretary: translate from English into Italian

Segretario, Segreteria

Secretary: translate from English into Korean

비서, 장관, 서기, 사무관, 책상, 대신, 초서체 활자, 참사

Secretary: translate from English into Russian

Секретарь, Министр, Руководитель организации

Secretary: translate from English into Spanish

Secretario, Ministro, Secreter

Word origin

late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘person entrusted with a secret’): from late Latin secretarius ‘confidential officer’, from Latin secretum ‘secret’, neuter of secretus (see secre

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Secretary – similar words

secretarial

adjective
Relating to the work or position of a secretary.
Usage examples:
A secretarial job

adjective
Relating to the work of a secretary in an office
Usage examples:
She does mostly secretarial work.

adjective
Relating to the type of work done by a secretary
Usage examples:
Secretarial skills/staff/work, i took on a part-time assistant to give me some secretarial help.

Secretarial - all meanings in English

Secretary synonims

administrator

ədˈmɪn.ɪ.streɪ.tər

noun
A person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business or organization.
Usage examples:
Hospital administrators

noun
Someone whose job is to manage a business or business activity
Usage examples:
A new administrator has taken over at the park, and more stringent business practices are in place.…

noun
Someone whose job is to control the operation of a business, organization, or plan
Usage examples:
From 1969 to 1971, he was administrator of the illinois state drug abuse program., she works as a s…

Administrator - all meanings in English

amanuensis

əˌmæn.juˈen.sɪs

noun
A literary or artistic assistant, in particular one who takes dictation or copies manuscripts.
Usage examples:
Thomas went to his grave regarding eleanour as nothing more than a dear friend, useful as an unpaid…

noun
A person whose job is to write down what another person says or to copy what another person has written

Amanuensis - all meanings in English

assistant

əˈsɪs.tənt

noun
A person who ranks below a senior person.
Usage examples:
The managing director and his assistant

noun
Someone who helps someone else to do a job
Usage examples:
An administrative/office assistant, an assistant editor/manager

noun
Someone who works in a shop, selling goods to customers and giving advice about the goods sold in the shop
Usage examples:
A sales/shop assistant

Assistant - all meanings in English

clerk

klɑːk

noun
A person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties.
Usage examples:
A bank clerk

verb
Work as a clerk.
Usage examples:
Eleven of those who left college this year are clerking in auction stores

noun
A person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties
Usage examples:
The sales clerk helped me find a sweater in my size.

Clerk - all meanings in English

copyist

ˈkɒp.i.ɪst

noun
A person who makes copies, especially of handwritten documents or music.
Usage examples:
The end of the first movement is in the hand of a copyist

noun
A person who makes copies of an original piece of work
Usage examples:
He made his living as a picture restorer and copyist., the composer handed over her finished manusc…

Copyist - all meanings in English

keyboarder

noun
A person who enters data by means of a keyboard.
Usage examples:
The space key is changed just enough to disrupt the speed of most keyboarders

noun
A person who plays an electronic keyboard.
Usage examples:
He kids around on stage with the keyboarder and bassist

noun
A person whose job is to put information into a computer using a keyboard
Usage examples:
We are looking for one or more keyboarders to join our busy editorial team.

Keyboarder - all meanings in English

pa

ˌprəʊtakˈtɪnɪəm

noun
Father.
Usage examples:
Pa is busy on the telephone

abbreviation
Pascal(s).

abbreviation
Panama (international vehicle registration).

Pa - all meanings in English

stenographer

noun
A person whose job is to transcribe speech in shorthand.
Usage examples:
A court stenographer

noun
A person who does shorthand (= system of fast writing) in an office or records speech using a special machine in a court

noun
Someone whose job is to do stenography (= a system of writing quickly using lines and symbols)

Stenographer - all meanings in English

typist

noun
A person who is skilled in typing, especially one who is employed for this purpose.
Usage examples:
The firm's new york city office has approximately a hundred and fifty employees - attorneys, parale…

Typist - all meanings in English

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