Office

['ɒfɪs] or ['ɔfɪs]

Definition

(noun.) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; 'the offices of the mass'.

(noun.) place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; 'he rented an office in the new building'.

(noun.) professional or clerical workers in an office; 'the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard'.

(noun.) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; 'being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage'; 'during his first year in office'; 'during his first year in power'; 'the power of the president'.

Checker: Roy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.

(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.

(n.) That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.

(n.) The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.

(n.) The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.

(n.) The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.

(n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.

(v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.

Typist: Pearl

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Station (conferred by authority), post, situation, place, BERTH.[2]. Charge, trust, business, employment, duty, service, function, capacity.[3]. Place of business, counting-room, bureau.

Editor: Roxanne

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Service, duty, appointment, function, employment, station, business_post

ANT:Leisure, vacancy, resignation, sinecure

Typist: Rosa

Definition

n. settled duty or employment: a position imposing certain duties or giving a right to exercise an employment: business: act of worship: order or form of a religious service either public or private: that which a thing is designed or fitted to do: a place where business is carried on: (pl.) acts of good or ill: service: the apartments of a house in which the domestics discharge their duties.—ns. Off′ice-bear′er one who holds office: one who has an appointed duty to perform in connection with some company society &c.; Off′icer one who holds an office: a person who performs some public duty: a person entrusted with responsibility in the army or navy.—v.t. to furnish with officers: to command as officers.—adj. Offic′ial pertaining to an office: depending on the proper office or authority: done by authority.—n. one who holds an office: a subordinate public officer: the deputy of a bishop &c.—ns. Offic′ialism official position: excessive devotion to official routine and detail; Official′ity Offic′ialty the charge office or jurisdiction of an official: the official headquarters of an ecclesiastical or other deliberative and governing body.—adv. Offic′ially.—n. Offic′iant one who officiates at a religious service one who administers a sacrament.—v.i. Offic′iāte to perform the duties of an office: (with for) to perform official duties in place of another.—n. Offic′iātor.—Give the office (slang) to suggest supply information; Holy office the Inquisition.

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