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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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An office is a department of an organization, especially the government, where people deal with a particular kind of administrative work.
a position of authority and responsibility in a government or other organization: the office of vice president. As chairman of the association, he held office for over 20 years. The Socialist party has been in office (= governing)/ out of office (= not governing) for almost ten years.
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.
noun. a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted: the main office of an insurance company; a doctor's office.
Definition of office noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 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.
Your office is the place you work, meeting with colleagues, sitting at a desk, and wearing sneakers on Casual Friday. The President of the United States has an office too, but it's a different kind: his or her office is a position of power.
office meaning, definition, what is office: a building that belongs to a company or ...: Learn more.
Define office: a building or room in which people work at desks doing business or professional activities—usage, synonyms, 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.
