- nounoffice (noun) · offices (plural noun) · Office (noun) · Divine Office (noun) · Divine Offices (plural noun)
- a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work:"an office job" · "computers first appeared in offices in the late 1970s"
- the local center of a large business:"a company that has four U.S. and four European offices"
- a room, department, or building used to provide a particular service:"a ticket office" · "a Post Office"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHthe consulting room of a professional person:"a patient walks in to a doctor's office"
- a position of authority or service, typically one of a public nature:"the office of attorney general"
- tenure of an official position, especially a government position:"a year ago, when the President took office" · "he was ejected from office in 1988"
- the quarters, staff, or collective authority of a particular government department or agency:"the Foreign Office"
- (offices)a service or kindness done for another person or group of people:"rescued through the good offices of the Italian Ambassador, he was returned safely to England"
- dateda duty attaching to one's position; a task or function:"the offices of a nurse"
- christian churchthe series of services of prayers and psalms said (or chanted) daily by Roman Catholic priests, members of religious orders, and other clergy.
- a prayer service conducted daily as part of the Divine Office:"the noon office"
OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin officium ‘performance of a task’ (in medieval Latin also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’.Similar and Opposite Wordsnoun- a room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work:
- a position of authority or service, typically one of a public nature:
- a service or kindness done for another person or group of people:
- a duty attaching to one's position; a task or function:
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- The term "office" has multiple meanings:1234
- A special duty, charge, or position conferred by an exercise of governmental authority for a public purpose.
- A room, rooms, or a building where business is conducted.
- A designated room where a person does their work.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.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.www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/officeAn office is a room, rooms, or a building where business is conducted, as in I gave my sister a ride to the doctor’s office. An office is also a designated room where a person does their work, as in Dr. Brown’s office is the second one on the left down the hall.www.dictionary.com/browse/office: a building or room in which people work at desks doing business or professional activities : a room with a desk where a particular person works : a building or room where a doctor, lawyer, etc., works and meets with patients or clientswww.merriam-webstercollegiate.com/dictionary/officeOFFICE meaning: 1 : a building or room in which people work at desks doing business or professional activities often used before another noun; 2 : a room with a desk where a particular person workswww.britannica.com/dictionary/office Office Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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