office
place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
How often you will meet it
Rank 674 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,156 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed also: business office he rented an office in the new building
- an administrative unit of government also: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, authority the Central Intelligence Agencythe Census Bureau
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group also: function, part, role the function of a teacherthe government must do its part
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power also: power being in office already gives a candidate a great advantageduring his first year in office
- professional or clerical workers in an office also: office staff the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
- a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities the offices of the mass
office in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Can I be not fit for my office?
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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I hurried to the treasurer's office and deposited my ten percent.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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To his office, as to a lay confessional, all passions fatally lead.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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But there was no rest for the alien soul till he had made sure of the telegraph office.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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I propose some day next week to commence a general fusilade from the windows of my office upon the passers-by.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1