Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

secretary of state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

Syllables: sec-re-tary of s-tate
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.

noun

The chief clerk of a U.S. state.

noun

Alternative form of Secretary of State.

Example Sentences

"When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms."

Inflected Forms

Secretaries of State (plural)

Phrases

foreign minister secretary of the commonwealth

Frequently Paired Words

foreign minister secretary of the commonwealth

Synonyms

foreign minister

Questions

What does secretary of state mean?: Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.

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