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NOUN | 1 | office, business office | Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed |
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2 | office, agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, authority | An administrative unit of government | |
3 | office, function, part, role | The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | |
4 | office, power | (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | |
5 | office, office staff | Professional or clerical workers in an office | |
6 | office | A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | |
7 | office, position, post, berth, spot, billet, place, situation | A job in an organization |
Sounds | ao'fahs |
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Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1124 more rhymes in ahs at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed. |
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Examples | "he rented an office in the new building" |
Synonyms | business office |
Part of | office building, office block |
Narrower | box office, ticket office, ticket booth; countinghouse; government office; headquarters, central office, main office, home office, home base; life office; loan office; newsroom; shipping office |
Broader | place of business, business establishment |
Meaning | An administrative unit of government. |
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Examples | "Office of Management and Budget" |
Synonyms | agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, authority |
Narrower | Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL; Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC; Naval Research Laboratory, NRL; United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL; executive agency; Food and Drug Administration, FDA; Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC; Counterterrorist Center, CTC; Nonproliferation Center, NPC; Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA; National Climatic Data Center, NCDC; National Weather Service; Technology Administration; National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST; National Technical Information Service, NTIS; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA; Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK; Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI; United States Public Health Service, PHS; National Institutes of Health, NIH; Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA; Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS; Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS; United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol; Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS; Foreign Service; Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS; National Park Service; Financial Management Service; Office of Intelligence Support, OIS; Comptroller of the Currency; Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB; Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Internal Revenue Service, IRS; Federal Aviation Agency, FAA; Transportation Safety Administration, TSA; Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office; United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard; Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS; Naval Special Warfare, NSW; Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC; Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC; Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI; Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA; Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR; independent agency; Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA; Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS; Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC; law enforcement agency; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA; organ; Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office; United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO; National Guard Bureau, NGB; Army Intelligence, AI; Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO; Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA; National Imagery and Mapping Agency, NIMA; Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC; Federal Housing Administration, FHA; local authority |
Broader | administrative unit, administrative body |
Adjectives | official |
Meaning | The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group. |
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Synonyms | function, part, role |
Narrower | capacity; hat; portfolio; stead, position, place, lieu; second fiddle |
Broader | duty |
Verbs | officiate; officiate |
Meaning | (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power. |
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Examples | "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office" |
Synonyms | power |
Category | government, governing, governance, government activity |
Narrower | executive clemency; war power |
Broader | state |
Verbs | officiate |
Meaning | Professional or clerical workers in an office. |
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Examples | "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard" |
Synonyms | office staff |
Broader | staff |
Meaning | A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities. |
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Examples | "the offices of the mass" |
Narrower | Divine Office; Little Office |
Broader | rite, religious rite |
Verbs | officiate; officiate |
Meaning | A job in an organization. |
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Synonyms | position, post, berth, spot, billet, place, situation |
Narrower | academicianship; accountantship; admiralty; ambassadorship; apostleship; apprenticeship; attorneyship; bailiffship; bishopry; cadetship; caliphate; captainship, captaincy; cardinalship; chairmanship; chancellorship; chaplaincy, chaplainship; chieftaincy, chieftainship; clerkship; commandership, commandery; comptrollership; consulship; controllership; councillorship, councilorship; counselorship, counsellorship; curacy; curatorship; custodianship; deanship, deanery; directorship; discipleship; editorship; eldership; emirate; fatherhood; fatherhood; foremanship; generalship; governorship; headship; headship; hot seat; incumbency; inspectorship; instructorship; internship; judgship, judgeship, judicature; khanate; lectureship; legation, legateship; legislatorship; librarianship; lieutenancy; magistracy, magistrature; managership; manhood; marshalship; mastership; mayoralty; messiahship; moderatorship; overlordship; pastorship, pastorate; peasanthood; praetorship; precentorship; preceptorship; prefecture; prelacy, prelature; premiership; presidency, presidentship; primateship; principalship; priorship; proconsulship, proconsulate; proctorship; professorship, chair; protectorship; public office; receivership; regency; residency; rulership; sainthood; secretaryship; senatorship; sinecure; solicitorship; speakership; stewardship; studentship; teachership; thaneship; throne; treasurership; tribuneship; viceroyship; viziership; wardenship; wardership; womanhood |
Broader | occupation, business, job, line of work, line |
Verbs | officiate |