office
1. [ noun ] (business) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
Synonyms: business_office
Examples:

"he rented an office in the new building"

Related terms: place_of_business headquarters government_office countinghouse life_office box_office newsroom loan_office shipping_office office_building
2. [ noun ] (government) an administrative unit of government
Synonyms: agency bureau authority federal_agency government_agency
Examples:

"the Central Intelligence Agency" "the Census Bureau" "Office of Management and Budget" "Tennessee Valley Authority"

Related terms: administrative_unit Atomic_Energy_Commission Selective_Service organ child_welfare_agency National_Park_Service Federal_Housing_Administration fda Manhattan_Project Environmental_Protection_Agency u.s._army_criminal_investigation_laboratory executive_agency Internal_Revenue_Service United_Nations_agency Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation nrc Bureau_of_Alcohol_Tobacco_and_Firearms Comptroller_of_the_Currency Bureau_of_Customs Bureau_of_Engraving_and_Printing Center_for_Disease_Control occupational_safety_and_health_act ahpcrc national_climatic_data_center national_institute_of_standards_and_technology patent_office central_bank secret_service National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration Central_Intelligence_Agency financial_management_service faa gao foreign_service naval_surface_warfare_center icc national_labor_relations_board national_weather_service inland_revenue ordnance_survey sec local_authority cdc counterterrorist_center nonproliferation_center national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration bja technology_administration national_institutes_of_health national_technical_information_service darpa department_of_defense_laboratory_system department_of_energy_intelligence phs bjs immigration_and_naturalization_service regulatory_agency redevelopment_authority bureau_of_diplomatic_security united_states_border_patrol bureau_of_intelligence_and_research fws weather_bureau office_of_intelligence_support Social_Security_Administration transportation_safety_administration Bureau_of_the_Census u._s._coast_guard naval_air_warfare_center_weapons_division naval_special_warfare naval_research_laboratory naval_underwater_warfare_center office_of_naval_intelligence marine_corps_intelligence_activity afisr independent_agency advanced_research_and_development_activity defense_logistics_agency defense_reutilization_and_marketing_service defense_technical_information_center law_enforcement_agency government_printing_office national_guard_bureau ai ballistic_missile_defense_organization defense_information_systems_agency national_imagery_and_mapping_agency casualty_care_research_center afrl
3. [ noun ] the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Synonyms: part role function
Examples:

: "the function of a teacher" "the government must do its part" "play its role"

Related terms: duty stead capacity second_fiddle hat second_fiddle portfolio officiate
4. [ noun ] (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
Synonyms: power
Examples:

"being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage" "during his first year in power"

Related terms: state war_power executive_clemency government
5. [ noun ] (work) professional or clerical workers in an office
Synonyms: office_staff
Examples:

"the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"

Related terms: staff
6. [ noun ] (religion) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
Examples:

"the offices of the mass"

Related terms: rite Divine_Office Little_Office officiate
7. [ noun ] (work) a job in an organization
Synonyms: position place post berth spot billet situation slot
Examples:

"he occupied a post in the treasury"

Related terms: occupation job legation professorship apprenticeship academicianship bishopry chairmanship chaplaincy attorneyship clerkship comptrollership bailiffship admiralty discipleship chancellorship foremanship chieftaincy headship commandership internship consulship legislatorship controllership cadetship ambassadorship curacy accountantship counselorship messiahship prelacy editorship eldership emirate protectorship generalship governorship headship solicitorship incumbency inspectorship instructorship tribuneship judgship lectureship fatherhood khanate librarianship lieutenancy councillorship caliphate marshalship mastership mayoralty moderatorship curatorship overlordship pastorship custodianship captainship praetorship precentorship deanship premiership presidency primateship principalship priorship proconsulship proctorship preceptorship prefecture receivership regency rulership secretaryship senatorship sinecure directorship speakership stewardship studentship teachership thaneship throne treasurership cardinalship viceroyship viziership wardenship wardership hot_seat apostleship fatherhood managership manhood peasanthood public_office residency sainthood womanhood magistracy station officiate post
Similar spelling:   offish