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PRONUNCIATION OF SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY

shadow Foreign Secretary  [ˈʃædəʊ ˈfɒrɪn ˈsɛkrətərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY

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Shadow Foreign Secretary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shadow Foreign Secretary

In British politics, the shadow foreign secretary is a position within the opposition's shadow cabinet that deals mainly with issues surrounding the Foreign Office. If elected, the person designated as shadow foreign secretary may be slated to serve as the new Foreign Secretary.

Definition of shadow Foreign Secretary in the English dictionary

The definition of shadow Foreign Secretary in the dictionary is the member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold the office of Foreign Secretary if their party were in power.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY


declaratory
dɪˈklærətərɪ
defamatory
dɪˈfæmətərɪ
dietary
ˈdaɪətərɪ
discriminatory
dɪˈskrɪmɪnətərɪ
expiratory
ɪkˈspaɪərətərɪ
explanatory
ɪkˈsplænətərɪ
exploratory
ɪkˈsplɒrətərɪ
inflammatory
ɪnˈflæmətərɪ
inspiratory
ɪnˈspaɪərətərɪ
laboratory
ləˈbɒrətərɪ
mandatory
ˈmændətərɪ
migratory
ˈmaɪɡrətərɪ
obligatory
ɒˈblɪɡətərɪ
observatory
əbˈzɜːvətərɪ
oratory
ˈɒrətərɪ
preparatory
prɪˈpærətərɪ
respiratory
ˈrɛspərətərɪ
separatory
ˈsepərətərɪ
subsecretary
ˈsʌbˌsekrətərɪ
vibratory
ˈvaɪbrətərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY

shadow
shadow bands
shadow cabinet
shadow history
shadow mask
shadow minister
shadow play
shadow price
shadow test
shadow-box
shadow-boxing
shadowcast
shadower
shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
shadowily
shadowiness
shadowless
shadowlike
shadowy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY

assistant secretary
budgetary
Chief Secretary
cometary
company secretary
Deputy Secretary
elementary
executive secretary
foreign secretary
General Secretary
Home Secretary
interplanetary
monetary
nonproprietary
parliamentary private secretary
planetary
press secretary
proprietary
secretary
Treasury Secretary
undersecretary

Synonyms and antonyms of shadow Foreign Secretary in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shadow Foreign Secretary» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of shadow Foreign Secretary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shadow Foreign Secretary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shadow Foreign Secretary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

影子外交大臣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores de la sombra
570 millions of speakers

English

shadow Foreign Secretary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छाया विदेश सचिव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وزير الخارجية الظل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Министр иностранных дел теневого
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros sombra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছায়া পররাষ্ট্র সচিব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Secrétaire ombre des Affaires étrangères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bayangan Setiausaha Luar Negeri
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schatten Außenminister
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

影外相
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그림자 외무 장관
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bayangan Menteri Luar Negeri
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிழல் வெளியுறவு செயலாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सावली परराष्ट्र सचिव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Gölge Dışişleri Sekreteri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ombra Ministro degli Esteri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Minister spraw zagranicznych cień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Міністр закордонних справ тіньового
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Secretarul de Externe umbră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκιά Υπουργός Εξωτερικών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skaduwee minister van buitelandse sake
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shadow utrikesminister
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shadow utenriksminister
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shadow Foreign Secretary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY»

The term «shadow Foreign Secretary» is regularly used and occupies the 75.590 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shadow Foreign Secretary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY»

Discover the use of shadow Foreign Secretary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shadow Foreign Secretary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974
From 1992 to 1994 he was shadow trade and industry secretary. In 1994 Blair appointed him as shadow foreign secretary, when he again shadowed Rifkind, referring to him at the 1995 Labour Party annual conference as 'the chief apologist ...
Kevin Theakston, 2004
2
India S Foreign Policy In A Changing World, 1E
But both the shadow home secretary Roy Hattersley and shadow foreign secretary Gerald Kaufman (both of whom had large Kashmiri or Pakistani constituents) were harping on the theme of self-determination in Kashmir and a plebiscite to ...
V P Dutt, 2009
3
Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) Country Study Guide: ...
William Hague, MP, Shadow Foreign Secretary of the UK; 2008 (November) - Sir Brian Fall, the UK's Special Representative for South Caucasus; 2009 (12 February) - Mark Lyall Grant, General Director of the Political Department, FCO; 2009 ...
IBP USA, USA International Business Publications, 2014
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Oxford University
... the Shadow Home Secretary and the Shadow Foreign Secretary; and 5 members of the Liberal Democrat Shadow Cabinet including the Shadow Home Secretary and the Shadow Foreign Secretary, are Oxford University graduates.
Shyam Mehta, 2009
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British Foreign Policy and the Conflict in Sierra Leone, ...
As no party politics were involved, the shadow Foreign Secretary had no policy at all. That is the reality. I invite the right hon. and learned Gentleman to come 90 Hansard, House of Commons Debates, 25 May 2000, col. 168. 91 Ibid., 2 March  ...
Michael S. Kargbo, 2006
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New Labour's Foreign Policy: A New Moral Crusade?
The New Statesman noted, 'He spent his first year as shadow foreign secretary repositioning Labour on Europe' (9 February 1996). Cook gave four set-piece speeches in 1995. Only the first, on Europe, received much press attention. His great ...
Richard Little, Mark Wickham-Jones, 2000
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008
Denis Healey became shadow chancellor in place of Jenkins, and Callaghan moved from shadowing the Home Office to become shadow foreign secretary. The Heath administration ended with the election in which the prime minister invited ...
Lawrence Goldman, 2013
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The Europeanization of National Political Parties: Power and ...
In the two opposition parties, the position of the shadow minister for Europe is also a junior front bench one, just as it is in the government, and the incumbent must work under the direction of the shadow foreign secretary. As well as being ...
Thomas Poguntke, Nicholas Aylott, Elisabeth Carter, 2007
9
The role of the FCO in UK government: seventh report of ...
... Blair presidential style is not a totally new problem".151 143 The views which Mr Hague has expressed as Foreign Secretary on these issues follow closely those developed in several speeches he made as Shadow Foreign Secretary: " The ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee, 2011
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Britain and European Integration 1945-1998: A Documentary ...
Translation by W._]urk, German 2000, 1999 Document 11.13 The verdict 0f the Conservative Opposition on the UK'bresidency was a harsh one, as is seen fiom the fillowing remarks by Michael Howard, the Shadow Foreign Secretary.
David Gowland, Arthur Turner, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shadow Foreign Secretary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Chuka Umunna eyes shadow foreign secretary role in run-up to …
Former Labour leadership candidate Chuka Umunna could be made shadow foreign secretary in the run-up to the 'in/out' referendum on the European Union in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
2
Labour reshuffle: Who's in Harriet Harman's new shadow cabinet?
The Shadow Foreign team springs a surprise as Hilary Benn takes the role of Shadow Foreign Secretary, with Emma Reynolds moving up from the shadow ... «New Statesman, May 15»
3
Ed Balls, Labour Shadow Chancellor, loses Morley and Outwood seat
The defeat was the biggest Labour scalp of a night when Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, and Jim Murphy, the Scottish Labour leader, also fell ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
4
Election results: Labour's shadow foreign secretary has just lost his …
Labour's shadow foreign secretary and Ed Miliband's election chief has just lost his ... who beat the former Labour cabinet minister by a margin of 5,684 votes. «The Independent, May 15»
5
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander loses seat to 20-year …
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander has lost his seat to a 20-year-old SNP student. Mhairi Black, who took the majority in Paisley and South ... «ITV News, May 15»
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The battle for Paisley: will 20-year-old Mhairi Black defeat Labour's …
Douglas Alexander, shadow foreign secretary and Labour's election strategy, ... If Ed Miliband ends up in Downing Street, the life of his foreign secretary will be ... «New Statesman, Apr 15»
7
UK official says pursuing embassy reopening in Tehran
The British shadow foreign secretary says he is seriously pursuing the ... of the Labor Party in the British House of Commons also expressed the shadow ... «Press TV, Mar 15»
8
Douglas Alexander: Labour will fight for persecuted Christians
... appoint a global ambassador for religious freedom to tackle the “evil” persecution of Christians around the world, the shadow foreign secretary has announced ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
9
Hong Kong ban unjustified and counterproductive - minister
Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire said the move runs counter to progress in ... Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman, a former shadow foreign secretary, told the ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
10
Iran nuclear talks: UK foreign secretary says more time needed
Shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander said the lack of agreement was a "setback" but said that it was "better than a bad deal or a rupture" and that ... «BBC News, Nov 14»

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