offices

/หˆษ”fษชsษชz/

IPA: /AO1 F AH0 S AH0 Z/

noun
  1. 1

    A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:

  2. 2

    A position of responsibility.

    โ€œWhen the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department.โ€

  3. 3

    Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.

    โ€œShe held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office.โ€

  4. 4

    An official or group of officials; a personification of officeholders.

  5. 5

    A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; moral duty.

  6. 6

    The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.

  7. 7

    Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.

  8. 8

    A bodily function, urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.

  9. 9

    (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.

  10. 10

    Inside information.

  11. 11

    A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:

    โ€œThe office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant.โ€

  12. 12

    The staff of such places.

    โ€œThe whole office was there... well, except you, of course.โ€

  13. 13

    (in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:

    โ€œHe's from our public relations office.โ€

  14. 14

    (now in the plural) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.

  15. 15

    Clipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.

  16. 16

    A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.

  17. 17

    A hangout: a place where one is normally found.

  18. 18

    A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.

  19. 19

    A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.

verb
  1. 1

    To provide (someone) with an office.

  2. 2

    To have an office.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/office, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/offices