English to English noun
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place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed | | Example: he rented an office in the new building
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an administrative unit of government | | Example: the Central Intelligence Agency the Census Bureau Office of Management and Budget Tennessee Valley Authority
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the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group | | Example: the function of a teacher the government must do its part play its role
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(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power | | Example: 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
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professional or clerical workers in an office | | Example: the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
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a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities | | Example: the offices of the mass
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a job in an organization | | Example: he occupied a post in the treasury
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That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. | | source: webster1913
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