office
16 ENTRIES FOUND:
- office (noun)
- office boy (noun)
- office girl (noun)
- office hours (noun)
- booking office (noun)
- box office (noun)
- Foreign Office (noun)
- front office (noun)
- home office (noun)
- Oval Office (noun)
- post office (noun)
- post office box (noun)
- press office (noun)
- register office (noun)
- registry office (noun)
- ticket office (noun)
plural
offices
plural
offices
Britannica Dictionary definition of OFFICE
1
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a
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a building or room in which people work at desks doing business or professional activities
— often used before another noun
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see picture on this page
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She works at/in our Chicago office.
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Are you going to the office today?
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The company's main/home office [=the company's most important office] is in San Francisco.
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A new office building [=a building with offices] is being built on Main Street.
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office equipment/supplies
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Our company is having an office party [=a party for the people who work at the office] next week.
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The company is renting office space downtown.
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office workers/staff
b
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a room with a desk where a particular person works
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The supervisor held an informal meeting in his office.
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Her office is on the top floor near the elevator.
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He misbehaved in class and was sent to the principal's office.
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We use the extra bedroom in our house as an office.
c
chiefly US
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a building or room where a doctor, lawyer, etc., works and meets with patients or clients
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see also box office, oval office, ticket office
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We stopped by the lawyer's office to pick up some documents.
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the doctor's office [=(Brit) surgery]
2
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the job or position of someone who has authority especially in the government
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He has been in office for a decade.
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He was voted out of office.
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He won the election and will take office at the beginning of the year.
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She has decided to leave office after two successful terms.
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She plans to run for office [=campaign to be elected to an office] again.
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U.S. senators are elected to a term of office of six years.
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She has held several public offices.
3
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a department of a company, organization, government, or school.
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see also foreign office, home office, post office, register office, registry office
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She went to the unemployment office.
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Where is the registrar's office on campus?
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the U.S. Patent Office
good offices
formal
:
help from someone who has power or authority
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I got the interview through the good offices of a former classmate.
