Dictionary

office en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈɔf.ɪs/ (Australia, British, New-Zealand, Southern, Standard)
/ˈɒf.ɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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/ˈɑ-/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
/ˈɔ.fɪs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium (“personal, official, or moral duty; official position; function; ceremony, esp. last rites”), contracted from opificium (“construction: the act of building or the thing built”), from opifex (“doer of work, craftsman”) + -ium (“-y”, forming actions), from op- (“work”) + -i- (connective) + -fex (combining form of faciō (“to do, to make”)). In the religious sense, Displaced native Old English hād. The computing sense is a genericization of various proprietary program suites, such as Microsoft Office.

Meanings

A ceremonial duty or service, particularly
- Golde (gaue he him)[…]for all maner of veſſels of euery offyce[…] 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, I. Cronicles xxix, folio xc, verso, column 2:
A ceremonial duty or service ▸ The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
A ceremonial duty or service ▸ Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
A ceremonial duty or service ▸ A daily service without the eucharist.
A ceremonial duty or service ▸ The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
- His spirituall exercises were chiefly Prayer, the H. Sacrifice of Masse, his Canonicall Houres or diuine Office. 1674, Richard Strange, The Life and Gests of S. Thomas Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, page 287:
- In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.
A ceremonial duty or service ▸ Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
A ceremonial duty or service ▸ Last rites.
- To show their loue in this last office done To a dead friend. 1618, S. Rowlands, Sacred Memorie, section 37:
- The deuout offices of balming and anointing the dead bodies[…] 1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Iohn 12, marginalia, page 254:
- I[…]will be first to render thee the decent offices due to the dead. 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume III (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 318:
(obsolete) A ceremonial duty or service ▸ Mass, (particularly) the introit sung at its beginning.
- The office, or Introite, (as they call it). 1549, “Svpper of the Lorde”, in The Book of Common Prayer, page 121:
A position of responsibility.
- I do solemnly swear... that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." 1787, United States Constitution, Article II, §1
- […]in as moche as I am the apoſtle off the gentyls I will magnify myn office[…] 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Romans xj:[13], folio ccxj, verso:
- When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department.
- Do not conflate the officeholder with the office; the distinction sometimes matters.
Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
- Fla.[…]Well, would I were / Gently put out of Office, before I were forc'd out[…] c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 82, column 2:
- She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office.
- The Tories had been in office ten years. 1923, Rose Macaulay, Told by an Idiot, act III, scene xv, line 227:
A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
- A woman[…]might bring herself to submit to the offices of a nurse, for the sake of the provision and security of a wife. 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 87:
- The Sun was ſunk, and after him the Starr / Of Heſperus, whoſe Office is to bring / Twilight upon the Earth[…] 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- […]there I readily engaged in the office of pointing out to my friend, the certain evils of such a choice. 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume II, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 145:
- The Antients would certainly have invoked the Goddeſs Flora for this Purpoſe, and it would have been no Difficulty for their Prieſts or Politicians to have perſuaded the People of the real Preſence of the Deity, though a plain Mortal had perſonated her, and performed her Office. 1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing five Pages of Paper”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV, page 6:
- Ang.... Doe you your office, or giue vp your Place, And you shall well be spar'd. c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 749:
(archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
- In this experiment the several intervals of the teeth of the comb do the office of so many prisms. 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
- These ‘Pacific boom-lateens’... are believed to derive from a kind of sprit-sail... in which the upper sprit performs the office of a more or less aft-raking mast. 1971, John Needham, chapter III, in Science and Civilisation in China, page 590:
- I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud,[…]and the gown which had been let down to hide it, not doing its office. 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 76:
- The anxious businessman will learn that in most of Southeast Asia,... presenting your business card with your left hand is an affront, every decent Moslem knowing the filthy, smelly offices you reserve that left hand for. 1988, P. Fussell, Thank God for Atom Bomb, page 134:
(plural, regional) A service, a kindness.
- And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions, with consoling words, in the spirit of meekness. 1830, Joseph Smith, Doctrine and Covenants, 25:5:
- I[…]am sure you will be too generous to do us any ill offices. 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XIII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume III, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 263:
- The secretary prevailed at the negotiations through the good offices of the Freedonian ambassador.
- ...which we have hitherto forborne to graunt... for the evell offices whiche her other Secretary did there. 1575, Elizabeth I, letter
- Bush. Thither will I with you, for little office Will the hatefull commons perfourme for vs, Except like curs to teare vs all to pieces... 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], line 1089:
- One of the Maxims which the Devil, in a late Viſit upon Earth, left to his Diſciples, is, when once you are got up, to kick the Stool from under you. In plain Engliſh, when you have made your Fortune by the good Offices of a Friend, you are adviſed to diſcard him as ſoon as you can. 1749, Henry Fielding, “Which concludes the first Book, with an Instance of Ingratitude, which we hope will appear unnatural”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 75:
- […]he got her slippers and took off her boots. It delighted him to perform menial offices. 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXX, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 359:
(figuratively, slang) Inside information.
- "[…]What is there for me in it?" "Not a shilling." "What? Wasn't it I that gave the information? Where would you have been if I had not given you the office?" 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Where Silas Linden Comes into His Own”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
- Giving the office—is when you suffer any person, who may stand behind your chair, to look over your hand. 1803, Sporting Magazine, number 21, page 327:
A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly
- Griffith, having taken offices a few doors off, also carried on the business of a solicitor. 1885, The Law Times Reports, number 53, page 459:
- Now it came to paſſe that at what time the chest was brought vnto the kings office, by the hand of the Leuites[…] 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 24:11, column 1:
- Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York, and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food. 2013 August 3, “Revenge of the Nerds”, in The Economist, number 408:
- The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant.
- We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 15:
- An English lawyer, whether barrister or solicitor, never has an office, but always chambers. [1945, H. L. Mencken, The American Language, supplement 1, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →OCLC, page 503:
A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work ▸ A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.
- The “Pall Mall Gazette” had its offices[…]in Catherine Street[…] 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Pall Mall Gazette”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 347:
A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work ▸ A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.
- There will be some of the family waiting for you at the coach-office. 1819 September 22, John Keats, letter to Reynolds
(US) A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work ▸ A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.
- This one was made out at a private office—Office is American for Surgery. 1975, M. Duke, chapter VIII, in Death of Holy Murderer, page 108:
(figuratively) The staff of such places.
- The whole office was there... well, except you, of course.
(figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly
- He's from our public relations office.
(Australia, UK, capitalized, figuratively, in large organizations, usually, with clarifying modifier) The administrative departments housed in such places ▸ A ministry or other department of government.
- The secretary of state's British colleague heads the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
(abbreviation, alt-of, capitalized, figuratively, in large organizations, usually) The administrative departments housed in such places ▸ Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.
alt of Holy Office
- A Biscayner is capable to be a Cavalier of any of the three habits without any scrutiny to be made of the Office, whether he be, limpio de la sangre de los Moros, that is cleare of the bloud of the Moores or no. 1642, J. Howell, chapter X, in Forraine Travell, page 131:
- They abiured their Heresy bublikly [sic] before the Commissary of the holy office. 1658, Pilgrim's Book, page 3:
(figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places ▸ A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.
- […]a large Danish sun or star hanging round his neck by a blue ribbon[…]had given him the appearance of being insured in some extraordinary Fire Office. 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 204:
- […]there are advertising offices, and[…]by applying to them I should have no doubt of very soon meeting with something that would do. 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 324:
- He worked as the receptionist at the Akron office.
- But there is an Insuring-Office set up in the Gospel, as to the venture of our eternities. 1647, W. Bridge, Saints Hiding-place, page 17:
- Would not an Office of Insurance for Servants be of Service, and what Methods are proper for the erecting such an Office? 1732, Benjamin Franklin, Proposals & Queries to be Asked the Junto:
(dated, in-plural) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly (euphemistic, dated) a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.
- As for the Offices, let them stand at some Distance from the House, with some low covered Galleries, to pass from them to the Palace it self. 1720, William Willymott translating Francis Bacon as "Of Building" in Lord Bacons Essays, Vol. I, page 283
- Aft of the lobby... is the dining saloon for the passengers with the offices of necessity on either side of it. 1980, William Golding, chapter I, in Rites of Passage, page 6:
- The bathroom's to the right and the usual offices next to it. 1957, John Braine, chapter I, in Room at Top, page 13:
- ... proposals for erecting 500 Publick Offices of Ease in London and Westminster... 1727, The Grand Mystery:
- A short passage, bare planked and dusty, led to the kitchen and offices. 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter III, in A Study in Scarlet:
- Only in planted areas does one find old examples of planned ‘courtyard farms’ where the house and offices enclose a square or rectangular yard. 1957, Emyr Estyn Evans, chapter VIII, in Irish Folk Ways, page 112:
(UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, historical) Clipping of inquest of office
alt of inquest of office
- If the Crown claimed the land of an idiot, the person had first to be found an idiot by office. 1977, John McDonald Burke, Jowitt's Dictionary of English Law, volume I, page 280:
- If they find the treason or felony... of the party accused... the king is thereupon, by virtue of this office found, intitled to have his forfeitures. 1768, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume III, page 259:
(obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
- All hunt in James Whitendales office. 1617, Nicholas Assheton, Journal, page 60:
(figuratively, obsolete, slang) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
- His Office, any Man's ordinary Haunt, or Plying-place, be it Tavern, Ale-house, Gaming-house. 1699, A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew:
(UK, dated, slang) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
- I withdraw into ‘the office’, otherwise the observer's cockpit. 1917, Alan Bott, An Airman's Outings, page 161:
- In the slang of the Royal Air Force man, the cockpit of his plane is the ‘pulpit’ or ‘office’, the glass covering over it the ‘greenhouse’. 1941 March 24, Life, page 85:
- ‘Up in the office they too knew it.’ ‘The office? You mean the flight deck?’ ‘Just that. No more. No less. The office.’ 1966 May 13, New Statesman, page 687:
A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
(obsolete) An official or group of officials; (figuratively) a personification of officeholders.
- Ped. Now Mr. Office: What is the Reason that your vigilant Greatness And your Wife's wonderful wiseness have lock'd up from me The way to see my Mistress? Who's Dog's dead now, That you observe these Vigils? 1647–1679, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “A Very Woman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii:
- […]For who would beare... The pangs of despiz'd loue, the lawes delay, The insolence of office... When he himselfe might his quietas make... With a bare bodkin? c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
(obsolete) A bodily function, (particularly) urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
- I never, since I left England, till now, have regal'd Myself with a good house of Office... the holes in Germany are... too round, chiefly owing... to the broader bottoms of the Germans. 1764 August 5, David Garrick, letter
- Cassio.... Whom I, with all the Office of my heart Intirely honour[…] c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- The very clerks,—those somewhat dirty springs / Of office, or the House of Office[…] 1823 August 29, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos IX.—X.—and XI., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XI, stanza XL, page 123:
- Washing themselves, as they doe also after the offices of Nature. 1613, Samuel Purchas, Purchas, His Pilgrimage, page 623:
(obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
- […]whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe all the wyſzdome of Salomon[…]⁊ the offyces of his miniſters, and their garmentes[…]ſhe wondred exceadingly[…] 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, III. Kynges [1 Kings] x:[4–5], folio lviij, recto, column 2:
- At Rome (nor think me partial to the Poor) / All Offices of ours are out of Door[…] 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 41:

Forms

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Synonyms

practice (place of work) · workstead (place of work) · bureau (major governmental division) · workplace (place of work) · ministry (major governmental division) · doctor's office · liturgy of the hours (Catholic ritual) · Divine Office (Catholic ritual) · divine service (religious ritual) · breviary (Catholic ritual) · service (religious ritual) · canonical hours (Catholic ritual) · religious service (religious ritual) · department (major governmental division) · Liturgy of the Hours (Catholic ritual) · office · liturgy (religious ritual) · bathroom (facilities for urination and defecation)

Translations (350)

et kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · km ទីចាត់ការ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · eo kontoro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru пози́ция (position of responsibility) · ff yiilirde (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sw afisi (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · km មន្ទីរ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pdt Aumt (position of responsibility) · es oficina (major governmental division) · uz mahkama (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · uk пози́ція (position of responsibility) · tr yazıhane (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · gd oifis (major governmental division) · ja オフィス (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mi tari (major governmental division) · ru обря́д (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · sh poslóvnica (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · enm office (major governmental division) · tk kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · my ရုံး (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pl biuro (major governmental division) · ru пост (position of responsibility) · lv birojs (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · de Amt (position of responsibility) · dtp upis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · de Amt (major governmental division) · cmn 職位 /职位 (position of responsibility) · cmn 職務 /职务 (position of responsibility) · pt cargo (position of responsibility) · ko 관청 (major governmental division) · sh pìsārnica (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lt biuras (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ur آفِس (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nn byrå (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ml കാര്യാലയം (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru управле́ние (major governmental division) · fi toimipaikka (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · it ufficio (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · bg бюро (major governmental division) · hsb běrow (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · de Amt (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg обря́д (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · uz ofis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh у́ред (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lo ສຳນັກ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ja 事務所 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru слу́жба (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · hu hivatal (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · my ရုံးခန်း (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · cmn 事務所 /事务所 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kk діни жора (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · hy կոնտորա (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · da bureau (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · uk поса́да (position of responsibility) · hy գերատեսչություն (major governmental division) · ro oficiu (major governmental division) · bg слу́жба (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · mhn omt (major governmental division) · he מִשְׂרָד (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · io kontoro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg бюро́ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nl overheidsdienst (major governmental division) · sh у́ред (major governmental division) · lv amats (position of responsibility) · ny ofesi (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ta அலுவலகம் (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fr office (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ur پَد (position of responsibility) · da kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · enm office (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · th สำนักงาน (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hy օֆիս (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · es oficio (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · sl pisarna (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sq zyrë (major governmental division) · az dəftərxana (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh úred (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh kancelàrija (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 의식 (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ro departament (major governmental division) · ru бюро́ (major governmental division) · de Dienst (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · fi virka (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · zdj biro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kl allaffeqarfik (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lv ministrija (major governmental division) · tr ofis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ug ئىشخانا (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mk канцеларија (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 국 (major governmental division) · pdt Deenst (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · vo bür (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · eo oficejo (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ar مَكْتَب (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fi konttori (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mn оффис (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru министе́рство (major governmental division) · fr office (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ja 執務室 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kl allaffik (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · te కార్యస్థానము (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lo ຫ້ອງການ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · rm biro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be канцыля́рыя (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mel kubuk (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · th ที่ทำการ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nl dienst (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · tk ofis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · id ofisi (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ms pejabat (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be паса́да (position of responsibility) · mk биро́ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · da bureau (major governmental division) · lv dievkalpojums (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ga feidhmeannas (position of responsibility) · la tablīnum (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · az büro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ga oifig (major governmental division) · sv byrå (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lv ofiss (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nl dienst (major governmental division) · sh bìrō (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mi tari (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fr bureau (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bn অফিস (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ur اِدارَہ (major governmental division) · sq zyrë (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ff 𞤴𞤭𞥅𞤤𞤭𞤪𞤣𞤫 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · es despacho (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ca oficina (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fa-ira اِدارِه (major governmental division) · pt ofício (position of responsibility) · ko 례배 (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · tg идора (major governmental division) · ka ოფისი (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ky бюро (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · el γραφείο (major governmental division) · sh upravitèljstvo (major governmental division) · enm office (position of responsibility) · sq zyrë (position of responsibility) · nan-hbl 辦公室 /办公室 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh ȕprava (major governmental division) · ur دَفْتَر (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · eo administrejo (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 직위 (position of responsibility) · kk ведомство (major governmental division) · ko 사무소 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hy բյուրո (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pt ofício (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · tr iş yeri (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be о́фіс (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tpi opis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · te కార్యాలయము (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · cs kancelář (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · cs funkce (position of responsibility) · fi virasto (major governmental division) · mk управа (major governmental division) · bg о́фис (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mr कार्यालय (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be канто́ра (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fo skrivstova (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · yi ביוראָ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 직 (position of responsibility) · nl kantoor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fo skrivstova (major governmental division) · sv kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fi virasto (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lv pārvalde (major governmental division) · lv kantoris (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hy գրասենյակ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh пѝса̄рница (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg ведомство (major governmental division) · th สำนัก (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fi liikehuoneisto (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ps اداره (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · alt бюро (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nan-hbl 事務所 /事务所 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ky кеңсе (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · vi văn phòng (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · la officium (position of responsibility) · kk құжатхана (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · uk бюро́ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ka ბიურო (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · el γραφείο (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · id biro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hy պաշտոն (position of responsibility) · tl tanggapan (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be пазі́цыя (position of responsibility) · bg длъ́жност (position of responsibility) · ga oifig (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fa-ira آفیس (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · it ufficio (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh úred (major governmental division) · ky офис (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fa-ira دَفْتَر (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · om waajjira (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · yue 寫字樓 /写字楼 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ro funcție (position of responsibility) · pdt Aumt (major governmental division) · ug ئىدارە (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · de Amt (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · rsk биро (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ca càrrec (position of responsibility) · fa-ira اِدارِه (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg министерство (major governmental division) · uk канцеля́рія (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ro minister (major governmental division) · id kantor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ovd kanntor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · uz idora (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh бѝро̄ (major governmental division) · cy swyddfa (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pl oficjum (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · gd dreuchd (position of responsibility) · tg офис (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tl tanggapan (major governmental division) · tl opisina (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ar مَهَمَّة (position of responsibility) · se kantuvra (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lld ufize (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh bìrō (major governmental division) · uz kontora (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tr büro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · srn kantoro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh у̏права (major governmental division) · he מִשְׂרָד (major governmental division) · tg идора (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · cmn 辦公室 /办公室 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · arz مكتب (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sv byrå (major governmental division) · fi virka (position of responsibility) · bg канцела́рия (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 지위 (position of responsibility) · km ការិយាល័យ (major governmental division) · es oficina (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sk úrad (major governmental division) · gd oifis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg канто́ра (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sw ofisi (major governmental division) · ko 오피스 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · eo ofico (position of responsibility) · my ဗျူရို (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be бюро́ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh управитѐљство (major governmental division) · yue 事務所 /事务所 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pl funkcja (position of responsibility) · enm office (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · gd oifis (position of responsibility) · ko 부 (major governmental division) · be пост (position of responsibility) · pt escritório (major governmental division) · uk конто́ра (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru о́фис (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 사무실 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · cmn 部 (major governmental division) · kmr mekteb (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · is skrifstofa (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · eu bulego (major governmental division) · mk дирекција (major governmental division) · grc ἱερουργία (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · liv kantor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · th ออฟฟิศ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · be канцэля́рыя (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mt uffiċċju (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bo ལས་ཁུངས (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kk министрлік (major governmental division) · pl posada (position of responsibility) · bzj aafis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru конто́ра (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru канцеля́рия (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · de Büro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kk кеңсе (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mr ऑफिस (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ca ofici (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ro birou (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lv postenis (position of responsibility) · sh посло́вница (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · km ការិយាល័យ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pl urząd (major governmental division) · yi אָפֿיס (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hi पद (position of responsibility) · ps دفتر (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh канцела̀рија (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pt escritório (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tg бюро (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru бюро́ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tg дафтар (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · pl stanowisko (position of responsibility) · ar قَلَم (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ru ве́домство (major governmental division) · mn албан тушаал (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · cs úřad (major governmental division) · ta கந்தோர் (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nb byrå (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mk уред (major governmental division) · nl bureau (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ms opis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ko 예배 (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ru до́лжность (position of responsibility) · mn контор (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sl urad (major governmental division) · lt kontora (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg пост (position of responsibility) · ko 청 (major governmental division) · fi toimisto (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · az ofis (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kn ಕಛೇರಿ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · mn албан газар (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hi कार्यालय (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ja 事務室 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fr bureau (major governmental division) · ckb دایرە (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nl bureau (major governmental division) · sk kancelária (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ja 職務 (position of responsibility) · ru кабине́т (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · hu hivatal (major governmental division) · hu iroda (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tl opisyo (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · ky контора (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · eu bulego (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nn kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bg управление (major governmental division) · uz byuro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · gu કાર્યાલય (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · sh бѝро̄ (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tk býuro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · it uffizio (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · uk о́фіс (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · et kabinet (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · es sede (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · bn দপ্তর (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · tr makam (position of responsibility) · bal دپتر (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kmr bûro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · fi ministeriö (major governmental division) · kk бюро (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lb Büro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · nb kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · lv ceremonija (ceremonial religious duty or rite) · kw sòdhva (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · et büroo (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · yue 辦公室 /办公室 (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · kmr dayre (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · de Kontor (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · ja 職位 (position of responsibility) · kmr îdarexane (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · uz daftar (room(s) or building used for non-manual work) · uk пост (position of responsibility) · pl biuro (room(s) or building used for non-manual work)

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office en · VERB

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officing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
offices	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
officed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
officed	Tense=Past	lexicographic