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noun
- 1. a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work: "an office job" Similar
- 2. a position of authority or service, typically one of a public nature: "the office of chief constable" Similar
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OFFICE definition: 1. a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers…. Learn more.
The meaning of OFFICE is a special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority and for a public purpose : a position of authority to exercise a public function and to receive whatever emoluments may belong to it. How to use office in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Office.
Office definition: a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted. See examples of OFFICE used in a sentence.
noun. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. synonyms: function, part, role. see more. noun. (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 ” synonyms: power. see more.
An office is a department of an organization, especially the government, where people deal with a particular kind of administrative work. Thousands have registered with unemployment offices. ...Downing Street's press office. ...the Congressional Budget Office. Synonyms: branch, department, division, section More Synonyms of office.
1. a. A place in which business, clerical, or professional activities are conducted. b. The administrative personnel, executives, or staff working in such a place: Can your office handle that amount of work? 2. a. A subdivision of a governmental department: the US Patent Office. b.
Definition of office noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a : a building or room in which people work at desks doing business or professional activities. She works at/in our Chicago office. Are you going to the office today? The company's main/home office [=the company's most important office] is in San Francisco. — often used before another noun.
A function or duty assigned to someone, esp. as an essential part of his or her work or position. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something performed or intended to be performed for another; (specified kind of) service. Done through someone's good (or ill) offices. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Noun Definitions (10)
a business or professional organization:[ countable] a law office. a position of duty, trust, or authority:[ uncountable] the office of president. employment or position as an official: [ uncountable] to seek political office. [ countable] He had never held a political office before this one.
