- office
- noun1 room/building where work is doneADJECTIVE▪ 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.
▪ closeVERB + 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 positionADJECTIVE▪ high, important▪ minor▪ lucrative▪ elected, elective▪ national, public▪ ecclesiastical, judicial, ministerial (esp. BrE), politicalVERB + 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 ofOFFICE + NOUN▪ holderPREPOSITION▪ 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
