Definition of office

noun (n)

• place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed (noun.artifact)

  Synonym: business office
  

  Example:
  He rented an office in the new building.
  

  source: wordnet30
• an administrative unit of government (noun.group)

  Synonym: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency
  

  Example:
  Office of Management and Budget.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group (noun.act)

  Synonym: function, part, role
  

  source: wordnet30
• (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power (noun.state)

  Synonym: power
  

  Example:
  Being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage.
  During his first year in office.
  

  source: wordnet30
• professional or clerical workers in an office (noun.group)

  Synonym: office staff
  

  Example:
  The whole office was late the morning of the blizzard.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities (noun.act)

  Example:
  The offices of the mass.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a job in an organization (noun.act)

  Synonym: berth, billet, place, position, post, situation, spot
  

  source: wordnet30
• That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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