office

Meaning

Noun

1. A ceremonial duty or service, particularly
2. A ceremonial duty or service
3. A ceremonial duty or service
4. A ceremonial duty or service
5. A ceremonial duty or service
6. A ceremonial duty or service
7. A ceremonial duty or service
8. (obsolete) A ceremonial duty or service
9. A position of responsibility.
10. Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
11. A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
12. (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
13. (plural, regional) A service, a kindness.
14. (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
15. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly
16. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work
17. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work
18. (US) A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work
19. (figuratively) The staff of such places.
20. (figuratively) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly
21. (Australia, UK, capitalized, figuratively, usually) The administrative departments housed in such places
22. (abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, figuratively, usually) The administrative departments housed in such places
23. (figuratively) The administrative departments housed in such places
24. (dated, in-plural) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly (euphemistic, dated) a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.
25. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, historical) Clipping of inquest of office
26. (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
27. (figuratively, obsolete, slang) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
28. (UK, dated, slang) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
29. A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
30. (obsolete) An official or group of officials; (figuratively) a personification of officeholders.
31. (obsolete) A bodily function, (particularly) urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
32. (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.

Verb

1. To provide (someone) with an office.
2. (intransitive) To have an office.

Synonyms

bureau

post

position

department

job

function

agency

service

capacity

appointment

station

🚉

duty

board

section

workplace

work

place

authority

chamber

business office

ministry

study

rank

establishment

facility

chancellery

office staff

official

ministration

employment

spot

attendance

power

billet

division

desk

room

company

plant

🌱

cabinet

🗄️

business

manage

obligation

office space

government agency

hatch

court

building

part

house

🏠

Translations

bureau

Büro

🏢

ufficio

Amt

oficina

🏢

kantoor

🏢

officium

escritório

🏢

oficio

funzione

bureau

cargo

ambt

🏢

betrekking

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɒfɪs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: office

In summary

From Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium (“personal, official, or moral duty; official position; function; ceremony, esp. last rites”), contracted from opificium (“construction: the act of building or the thing built”), from opifex (“doer of work, craftsman”) + -ium (“-y”, forming actions), from op- (“work”) + -i- (connective) + -fex (combining form of faciō (“to do, to make”)).
The computing sense is a genericization of various proprietary program suites, such as Microsoft Office.

Sentences

That same year , the post office name followed suit .

He takes the oath of office each March .

The office paint was a dull , sad tan .

The upper floors are commercial office space .

It contains a booking office and shop .

Scipione kept this office until his death .