office

office
noun
1 room/building where work is done
ADJECTIVE
big, huge, large, spacious
cramped, small, tiny
plush
high-rise

London has relatively few high-rise office buildings compared to cities in the US.

five-storey/five-story, ten-storey/ten-story, etc.
glass-fronted (esp. BrE), glass-walled (esp. AmE)
busy
open-plan
corner
back, front
air-conditioned
paperless
permanent, temporary

The company set up its first permanent offices in Manhattan.

private

The prime minister arranged a meeting in his private office.

central, head, main, national
corporate, executive
area, branch, county, district, field (esp. AmE), local, overseas, regional, satellite
congressional, federal
council (esp. BrE), government, state
administrative, editorial, press, sales, etc.
newspaper
medical (AmE)
dentist's, doctor's, nurse's, physician's, surgeon's, etc. (all AmE)
VERB + OFFICE
manage, run
come to, go to
arrive at, get to
leave

What time do you usually leave the office?

come into, go into

I sometimes go into the office on Saturdays when we're busy.

call, contact, reach

You can contact our sales office at this number.

establish, open

We plan to open a New York office in the near future.

close
VERB + OFFICE
overlook sth

an office overlooking the Hudson River

OFFICE + NOUN
job, work
hours

Call this number outside normal office hours.

colleague, staff, worker
life
gossip, politics
party

We have an office party every Christmas.

administrator, assistant, cleaner (esp. BrE), clerk, manager
boy, girl, junior (BrE) (all old-fashioned)
chair, computer, desk, door, equipment, furniture, software, stationery (esp. BrE), supplies
system, technology
environment

Working in a busy office environment can be stressful.

accommodation (BrE), area, block (BrE), building, complex, development, park, premises (BrE), space, suite, tower

The old warehouses have been redeveloped as office buildings.

facilities, services

The hotel provides office facilities such as computers and faxes.

expenses
administration, management
skills
procedures
visit (AmE)

the bill from an office visit to the doctor

PREPOSITION
at the office

I sometimes have to stay late at the office.

in the office

I'm sorry, Mr Anders is not in the office today.

2 official position
ADJECTIVE
high, important
minor
lucrative
elected, elective
national, public
ecclesiastical, judicial, ministerial (esp. BrE), political
VERB + OFFICE
run for, stand for (BrE)

He ran for office in the last presidential election.

seek

She has never sought public office.

hold, remain in, retain, stay in

The president holds office for a period of four years.

be appointed to, be elected to
be re-elected to, be returned to

The government was returned to office by a large majority.

win
assume, be sworn into, come into, come to, enter, take, take up (esp. BrE)

Mr Martens was sworn into office as prime minister in March.

The party took office in 1997.

give up, leave, lose, relinquish, resign from, retire from, vacate
be driven from, be forced from, be forced out of, be removed from, be suspended from (esp. BrE), be turned out of
OFFICE + NOUN
holder
PREPOSITION
in office

The government seemed likely to remain in office for the next five years.

out of office

The party has broken all the promises it made when out of office.

PHRASES
a candidate for office
duties of the office
an office of state

the three great offices of state: the prime minister, the chancellor and the foreign secretary (BrE)

a term of office

to be re-elected for a second term of office


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  • office — [ ɔfis ] n. m. • v. 1190; lat. officium I ♦ 1 ♦ Vieilli Fonction que l on doit remplir, charge dont on doit s acquitter. ⇒ charge, emploi, fonction. Résigner un office. Loc. fig. Remplir son office : produire son effet naturel, jouer pleinement… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • office — 1. (o fi s ) s. m. 1°   Devoir de la vie. •   Le ciel plus propice M envoie un compagnon en ce pieux office, CORN. Pomp. V, 1. •   Il [le roi] m envoie Faire office vers vous de douleur et de joie, CORN. Hor. IV, 2. •   Si votre main puissante… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • office — of‧fice [ˈɒfs ǁ ˈɒː , ˈɑː ] noun 1. [countable] a room or building where people work at desks: • The agency recently closed its Houston office. • I d like to see you in my office. • I applied for the job of office manager. • There is a shortage… …   Financial and business terms

  • office — Office, n. penac. Tantost signifie cela mesme que Officium en Latin, dont il vient, et suyvant cela on dit, Il m a fait tout bon office d ami, Nihil non officij quod amicum deceat, mihi praestitit, Et correspondance d offices, Officiorum vices,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • office — OFFICE. s. m. Devoir de la vie humaine, de la societé civile. Il est de l office d un Magistrat, d un bon Pasteur, d un bon citoyen. tous les offices de la vie civile. c est l office d un bon pere, d un bon mary, d un bon amy. Ciceron a fait un… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Office — Of fice, n. [F., fr. L. officium, for opificium; ops ability, wealth, help + facere to do or make. See {Opulent}, {Fact}.] 1. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • office — of·fice n 1: a special duty, charge, or position conferred by governmental authority and for a public purpose qualified to hold public office; broadly: a special duty or position of authority hold an office of trust 2: a place where business or… …   Law dictionary

  • office — [ôf′is, äf′is] n. [OFr < L officium < opificium, doing of work < opifex, a worker < opus, a work (see OPUS) + facere, to DO1] 1. something performed or intended to be performed for another; (specified kind of) service [done through… …   English World dictionary

  • office — (n.) mid 13c., a post, an employment to which certain duties are attached, from Anglo Fr. and O.Fr. office (12c. in Old French), from L. officium service, duty, function, business (in Ecclesiastical Latin, church service ), lit. work doing, from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Office — Of fice, v. t. To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • office — [n1] business, responsibility appointment, berth, billet, capacity, charge, commission, connection, duty, employment, function, job, obligation, occupation, performance, place, post, province, responsibility, role, service, situation, spot,… …   New thesaurus

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