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Office

noun
Word Frequency: 129.2

Definitions

1.nounA ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
2.nounA position of responsibility.
"When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department."
3.nounOfficial position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
"She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office."
4.nounAn official or group of officials; a personification of officeholders.
5.nounA duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; moral duty.
6.nounThe performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
7.nounFunction: anything typically done by or expected of something.
8.nounA bodily function, urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
9.noun(now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
10.nounInside information.
11.nounA room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
"The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant."
12.nounThe staff of such places.
"The whole office was there... well, except you, of course."
13.noun(in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
"He's from our public relations office."
14.noun(now in the plural) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.
15.nounClipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.
16.nounA piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
17.nounA hangout: a place where one is normally found.
18.nounA plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
19.nounA collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
20.verbTo provide (someone) with an office.
21.verbTo have an office.

Synonyms

Divine OfficeLiturgy of the Hoursbreviarycanonical hoursliturgy of the hourssurgerybureaudepartmentministrydivine serviceliturgyreligious service

Rhymes With

tophusinterofficeoff us
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