office

Noun
  1. Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed (synset 103847186)
    "he rented an office in the new building"
    is a type of: business establishment, place of business - an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered
    subtypes:
    is a part of: office block, office building - a building containing offices where work is done
    same as: business office
  2. An administrative unit of government (synset 108354251)
    "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
    is a type of: administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities
    subtypes:
    specific instances:
    same as: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency
  3. The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group (synset 100721817)
    "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
    is a type of: duty - work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
    subtypes:
    • capacity - a specified function
    • hat - an informal term for a person's role
    • portfolio - the role of the head of a government department
    • lieu, place, position, stead - the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
    • second fiddle - a secondary role or function
    same as: function, part, role
  4. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power (synset 113968154)
    "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"
    referred to in: administration, governance, governing, government, government activity - the act of governing; exercising authority
    is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    subtypes:
    • executive clemency - the power (usually of a president or governor) to pardon or commute the sentence of someone convicted in that jurisdiction
    • war power - an extraordinary power exercised (usually by the executive branch) in the prosecution of a war and involving an extension of the powers that the government normally has in peacetime
    same as: power
  5. Professional or clerical workers in an office (synset 108369230)
    "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
    is a type of: staff - personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
    same as: office staff
  6. A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities (synset 101035490)
    "the offices of the mass"
    is a type of: religious rite, rite - an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
    subtypes:
    • divine office - canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)
    • little office - a Roman Catholic office honoring the Virgin Mary; similar to but shorter than the Divine Office
    • office of the dead - an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church
  7. A job in an organization (synset 100587299)
    "he occupied a post in the treasury"
    is a type of: business, job, line, line of work, occupation - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
    subtypes:
    same as: berth, billet, place, position, post, situation, spot

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