{
    "term": "secretary",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with mail and phone calls, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc.",
            "sensetop": "secretary to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **legal/medical secretary**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the mayor's **press secretary**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please contact my secretary to make an appointment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is secretary to the board of governors.",
                    "contextForm": "secretary to somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["executive", "legal", "medical"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an official of a club, society, etc. who deals with mail, keeping records and making business arrangements",
            "sensetop": "secretary to somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the membership secretary"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She served as club secretary for 25 years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The union's branch secretary said he hoped a solution would be found."
                },
                {
                    "text": "secretary to the Jockey Club",
                    "contextForm": "secretary to somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "first", "assistant"],
                "verb + secretary": ["resign as", "elect", "elect somebody"],
                "secretary + noun": ["General"],
                "preposition": ["secretary to"],
                "phrases": ["the post of secretary"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "(in the UK) the head of an important government department",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Politics"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the head of a government department, chosen by the president",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Secretary of the Treasury"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **deputy secretary** of agriculture."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deputy", "assistant", "acting"],
                "verb + secretary": ["resign as", "replace (somebody as)"],
                "preposition": ["secretary for", "secretary of"],
                "phrases": ["Secretary of State"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "an assistant of a government minister, an ambassador, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ms Watson is a former parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Education."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["permanent", "former", "cabinet"],
                "preposition": ["secretary to"],
                "phrases": ["Secretary of State"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsekrətri/",
                "audio": "se/secretary/secretary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsekrəteri/",
                "audio": "se/secretary/secretary__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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 ‘separate, set apart’, from the verb secernere, from se- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘sift’."
}