OFFICE
\ˈɒfɪs], \ˈɒfɪs], \ˈɒ_f_ɪ_s]\
Definitions of OFFICE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
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a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
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professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
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(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"
By Princeton University
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an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
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(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 power"
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a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
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professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
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The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.
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Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
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To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
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The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.
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Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
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To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Position of trust or authority for a public purpose; as, the office of President; function; as, the office of the ears is to hear; a religious ceremony or rite; as, the office of marriage; a duty or service; as, an office of kindness; an apartment for professional or clerical business; as, a doctor's office; an express office.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Settled duty or employment: business: act of good or ill: act of worship: formulary of devotion: peculiar use: a place for business: a benefice with no jurisdiction attached.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Work to be performed for or with reference to others ; duty ; customary duty ; special duty ;- magistracy ; public charge or employment ;- sacred duty or charge, as priesthood or apostleship :- private duty or charge ; particular employment ; business ;—act of good or kindness voluntarily done ;- act of devotion or worship ;— formulary of devotion ;- peculiar use or agency of a bodily organ ; animal function ; — the place in which public officers and others transact business ;— pl. The apartments attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, outhouses, stables, &c.
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