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- pronunciation:
- aw
fihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a place where business or professional transactions are conducted.
He works in an office with twenty other people.There's a dental office on the first floor of this building.
- similar words:
- agency, building, business, home office, workplace
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| definition 2: |
the work room of a particular person, where business or other professional work is carried out, or that serves simply as a place where written correspondence, bill-paying, or other similar tasks are engaged in.
The doctor spoke with the boy's parents in his office.Finally I was called into the manager's office for my interview.After breakfast, I spent an hour in my office paying the bills. |
| definition 3: |
those who work in such a place.
The office was upset by the news of layoffs.- synonyms:
- bureaucracy, businessmen, businesswomen, management, professionals, staff
- similar words:
- bureaucrats, employees, hierarchy, officialdom, officials, workers
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| definition 4: |
a position of trust or responsibility.
- synonyms:
- appointment, berth, position, post
- similar words:
- billet, commission, rank
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| definition 5: |
the duties of a person in such a position.
- synonyms:
- charge, duty
- similar words:
- business, function, obligation, province, responsibility, service, trust
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| definition 6: |
a government bureau or department.
the Office of Education- synonyms:
- bureau, department
- similar words:
- agency
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| definition 7: |
employment in an official capacity.
a politician seeking office- similar words:
- appointment, election
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| definition 8: |
the form of a church ritual or service.
- synonyms:
- rite, ritual, service
- similar words:
- ceremony, Mass, sacrament
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| related words: |
bureau, capacity, chamber, charge, church, clinic, concern, layout, position, post, work |
adjective + (n.)office
administrative, cluttered, congressional, cramped, dental, downtown, editorial, elected, elective, front, head, high-rise, legislative, outer, oval, regional, second-floor, spacious, square, statewide
verb + (n.)office
contact, elect, house, lease, raid, summon
(n.)office
+ verb
oversee
noun + (n.)office
accountability,
accounting,
assessor,
attorney,
basement,
box,
branch,
budget,
clerk,
coroner,
defender,
dentist,
desk,
district,
doctor,
examiner,
governor,
liaison,
mayor,
oath,
patent,
post,
principal,
printing,
prosecutor,
registrar,
removal,
sheriff,
tourism,
trademark,
travel
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The word office
contains the following part:
-ice
French
noun-forming suffix
that means state, condition, or quality.
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