officenoun
uk/ˈɒf.ɪs/us/ˈɑː.fɪs/office noun (WORK PLACE)
A2 [ C ] a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or other organization:
the director's office
I didn't leave the office until eight o'clock last night.
office equipment
office workers
[ C ] a part of a company:
They have offices in Paris, London, and Madrid.
[ C ] US UK surgery a place where you can go to ask advice from or receive treatment from a doctor or dentist:
The doctor does not make house calls - you will have to come to her office.
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- Debbie has a summer job clerking in an office.
- He concocted a story about working late at the office.
- It's very convenient that you live near the office.
- The proposed new office tower is a steel and glass structure 43 storeys high.
- We're an international company with offices in Paris, New York and Sydney.
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- double room
- en suite
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- gymnasium
- parlour
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- snug
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Office practices
Enterprises
office noun (RESPONSIBILITY)
C1 [ C or U ] a position of authority and responsibility in a government or other organization:
the office of vice president
As chairman of the association, he held office for over 20 years.
The Socialist party has been in office (= governing)/out of office (= not governing) for almost ten years.
She's held various offices during her time in government.
The new President takes office on January 20th.
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
- apparatchik
- associate
- back seat
- be a big fish in a small pond idiom
- betters 2
- brethren
- comrade
- echelon
- entry level
- entry-level
- equal
- fellow
- founder
- low-level
- position
- role
- senior
- standing
- subordinate
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