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UK
/ˈɒfɪs/
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[ US /ˈɔfɪs/ ]
[ US /ˈɔfɪs/ ]
NOUN
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professional or clerical workers in an office
the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard -
a job in an organization
he occupied a post in the treasury -
a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
the offices of the mass -
the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
play its role
the government must do its part
the function of a teacher -
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
during his first year in power
the power of the president
during his first year in office
being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage -
an administrative unit of government
the Census Bureau
the Central Intelligence Agency
Tennessee Valley Authority
Office of Management and Budget -
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
he rented an office in the new building
How To Use office In A Sentence
- Moreover, Mr Webb's point about what he calls disinterested management -- that is to say, the management of banks by officers whose remuneration bears no relation to the profit made on each piece of business transacted -- is one of the matters in which English banking seems likely at least to be modified. War-Time Financial Problems
- Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
- Commander Laurel D' ken smiled wryly as the blue haired officer said to Allison, ‘We'll need to nursemaid them a bit but I think they'd be able to manage well enough.’
- Could be that, or maybe she's a little wigged out working in an office full of blabbermouths.
- Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years. Times, Sunday Times
- Over 20 factors were analyzed amongst the DUI attorneys sampled, including whether free consultations are offered, if a lawyer is willing to do 'outcall' (meaning they will meet with potential clients outside the office), how aggressive the defense of the client is, the degree to which each client is offered access to their lawyer, how much time is spent with each client talking by phone or over email, and other factors. WebWire | Recent Headlines
- Officers used a digger to carve out a trench 10ft deep and 40ft long to get to the van. The Sun
- The Group is supplying to a many Global 1000 companies in the Automotive, Health Care, Medical, Industrial, Office Appliance, Consumer Electronics and Home Appliance sectors.
- The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
- The coulpe or peccavi, is made for a very small matter — a broken glass, a torn veil, an involuntary delay of a few seconds at an office, a false note in church, etc.; this suffices, and the coulpe is made. Les Miserables
