officer

officer: noun

1 in the army, navy, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ air-force, army, military, naval

▪ commanding, high-ranking, ranking, senior, superior

▪ The decision rests with the ranking officer (= the most senior officer present).

▪ junior, petty

▪ a former navy chief petty officer

▪ commissioned, non-commissioned

▪ warrant

▪ staff

▪ recruiting

▪ duty

▪ He telephoned the duty officer at regimental headquarters.

▪ intelligence

▪ He's a retired Army intelligence officer.

▪ uniformed

▪ retired

VERB + OFFICER

▪ salute

▪ to salute a superior officer

OFFICER + VERB

▪ command sth

▪ the officer commanding the infantry

▪ serve

▪ a former army officer who served in Bosnia

OFFICER + NOUN

▪ corps

▪ cadet (esp. BrE), candidate (AmE)

▪ training

2 in the government or other organization

ADJECTIVE

▪ chief, principal, senior

▪ full-time, part-time

▪ presiding, responsible, supervising (esp. BrE)

▪ Report the incident to the responsible officer.

▪ the officer responsible for implementing the plan

▪ regional

▪ administrative, customs, environmental health (BrE), financial, liaison, medical, press, probation, security, trading standards (BrE), training, welfare (esp. BrE)

▪ an education welfare officer (BrE)

▪ chief executive (abbreviated to CEO), chief financial (abbreviated to CFO), chief information, chief investment, chief marketing, chief operating, chief technology, etc. (all business)

VERB + OFFICER

▪ be, work as

▪ become

▪ appoint (sb)

▪ Khan has been appointed chief executive officer.

▪ have

▪ The charity has a full-time press officer working with the national newspapers.

3 policeman/policewoman ⇨ See also ↑policeman

ADJECTIVE

▪ chief, senior, superior

▪ junior

▪ law enforcement, police

▪ arresting, investigating

▪ duty

▪ We spoke to the duty officer at the police station.

▪ uniformed

▪ plain-clothes

▪ undercover

OFFICER + VERB

▪ investigate sth

▪ officers investigating the murder

▪ patrol sth

▪ raid sth, swoop on sth (BrE, informal)

▪ Officers raided an address in the Pittsburgh area.

▪ 100 officers swooped on various south Essex locations.

▪ seize sth

▪ arrest sb

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Synonyms:

Official, functionary, magistrate

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officer — of‧fi‧cer [ˈɒfsə ǁ ˈɒːfsər, ˈɑː ] noun [countable] HUMAN RESOURCES someone who has an important position in an organization. Officer is often used in job titles: • a local government officer • a personnel officer caˈreers ˌofficer HUMAN… … Financial and business terms
officer — of·fic·er n 1: one charged with administering or enforcing the law a police officer 2: one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command the directors, officer s, employees, and shareholders of a corporation 3: one who holds a position of… … Law dictionary
Officer — Of fi*cer, n. [F. officier. See {Office}, and cf. {Official}, n.] 1. One who holds an office; a person lawfully invested with an office, whether civil, military, or ecclesiastical; as, a church officer; a police officer; a staff officer. I am an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
officer — [n1] person who has high position in organization administrator, agent, appointee, bureaucrat, chief, civil servant, deputy, dignitary, director, executive, functionary, head, leader, magistrate, manager, officeholder, official, president, public … New thesaurus
officer — [ôf′i sər, äf′i sər] n. [ME < Anglo Fr & OFr officier < ML officiarius < L officium,OFFICE] 1. anyone elected or appointed to an office or position of authority in a government, business, institution, society, etc. 2. a police officer or … English World dictionary
Officer — Of fi*cer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Officered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Officering}.] 1. To furnish with officers; to appoint officers over. Marshall. [1913 Webster] 2. To command as an officer; as, veterans from old regiments officered the recruits. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
officer — (n.) early 14c., one who holds an office (originally a high office), from O.Fr. officer, from M.L. officarius, from L. officium (see OFFICE (Cf. office)). The military sense is first recorded 1560s. Applied to petty officials of justice from… … Etymology dictionary
officer — ► NOUN 1) a person holding a position of authority, especially a member of the armed forces who holds a commission or a member of the police force. 2) a holder of a public, civil, or ecclesiastical office … English terms dictionary
Officer — Contents 1 Military 2 Shipping industry 3 Law enforcement 4 … Wikipedia
officer — Person holding office of trust, command or authority in corporation, government, armed services, or other institution or organization. In corporations, a person charged with important functions of management such as president, vice president,… … Black's law dictionary

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