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noun |
| definition 1: |
An office is a place where people work. In an office, there are usually desks, computers, and telephones. In dentists' and doctors' offices, there are also special tables, chairs, and pieces of equipment.
Mr. Davis works in an office with twenty other people.The dentist's office has a small waiting room.
- similar words:
- building, business, workplace
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| definition 2: |
An office is the work room of a particular person. There is usually one desk and a chair or two. Many people have their own office inside a larger office. Some people have an office in their own home where they might work on their computer, write letters, or pay bills.
Luke's father keeps pictures of his family on his desk in his office.The doctor spoke with the boy's parents in her office.After breakfast, Tony's mom spent an hour in her office paying bills. |
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Sometimes "the office" means the whole group of people who work together in an office.
The whole office is invited to the party at the boss's house.- synonyms:
- management
- similar words:
- employees, hierarchy, officials, workers
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When someone has a very important job in government, we say that that person "holds an office" in government. The jobs of mayor, governor, and president, for example, are called "offices." An office does not change or go away--there is always someone who is mayor or governor or president--but the particular person who fills that office changes.
A person can hold the office of President of the United States for no more than eight years. After eight years, there is always a new president in office.- synonyms:
- position, post
- similar words:
- rank
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church, position, post, work |
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