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Definitions of OFFICE [ˈɔ fɪs, ˈɒf ɪs]

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Definition of 'OFFICE'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) office
a place where business is conducted.

2.  office
a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in such a place.

3.  office
a business or professional organization:
working in an architect's office.

4.  office
the staff that works in a place of business.

5.  office
a position of duty, trust, or authority:
the office of president.

6.  office
employment or position as an official:
to seek office.

7.  office
the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency; responsibility; charge.

8.  office
(usu. cap.) a government agency, or a division of a government department:
Office of Community Services.

9.  office
(usu. cap.) a department of the national government in Great Britain:
the Foreign Office.

10.  office
Often, offices. something, whether good or bad, done or said for or to another:
the good offices of a friend.

11.  office
the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use.

12.  office
the services so prescribed.

13.  office
Divine Office.

14.  office
a ceremony or rite, esp. for the dead.

15.  office
Chiefly Brit.

16.  office
the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work.

Etymology: (1200–50; ME < OF < L officium service, duty, ceremony, der. of opus work +facere to make, do)

Definition of 'OFFICE'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) office, business office
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
"he rented an office in the new building"

2. (noun) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
an administrative unit of government
"the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"

3. (noun) function, office, part, role
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
"the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"

4. (noun) office, power
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
"being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"

5. (noun) office, office staff
professional or clerical workers in an office
"the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"

6. (noun) office
a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
"the offices of the mass"

7. (noun) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
a job in an organization
"he occupied a post in the treasury"

Definition of 'OFFICE'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) office
a building people work in
a spacious office; the company's New York office

2.  office
the office
the place you work
I left the office around 5:30 yesterday.

3.  office
a place that provides an official service or information
a tourist office; the Office of Emergency Management

4.  office
an official position or job
He held the office of prime minister for over ten years.; The chairman has retired after five years in office.

Definition of 'OFFICE'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. OFFICE
An enduring organization that is formed around a specific function within a joint force commander

Translation of 'OFFICE'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the room or building in which the business of a firm is done The firm's head offices are in New York; (
Afrikaans: kantoor	Arabic: مَكْتَب الشَّرِكَه	Bulgarian: офис
Brazilian: escritório	Czech: kancelář(ský)	German: das Büro, Büro-...
Danish: kontor; kontor-	Greek: γραφείο, έδρα	Spanish: despacho, oficina
Estonian: kontor, büroo	Farsi: اداره؛ دفتر	Finnish: toimisto
French: (de) bureau	Hebrew: מִשׂרָד	Hindi: दफ्तर
Croatian: ured	Hungarian: hivatal	Indonesian: kantor
Icelandic: skrifstofa	Italian: ufficio; da ufficio	Japanese: 事務所
Korean: 회사	Lithuanian: kontora, būstinė, raštinė	Latvian: kantoris; birojs; iestāde
Malay: pejabat	Dutch: kantoor	Norwegian: kontor
Polish: biuro	Persian: اداره؛ دفتر	Pashto: د كار خونه،دفتر
Portuguese: escritório	Romanian: (de) birou	Russian: офис
Slovak: kancelária; kancelársky	Slovenian: urad	Serbian: kancelarija
Swedish: kontor	Thai: สำนักงาน	Turkish: büro, ofis, iş yeri
Taiwanese: 辦事處	Ukrainian: офіс; контора	Urdu: مقام کاروبار
Vietnamese: văn phòng	Chinese: 办事处
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