office
A ceremonial duty or service, particularlyA ceremonial duty or service, particularly
» My uncle works in this office.
Mein Onkel arbeitet in diesem Büro.
Мой дядя работает в этом офисе.
Мій дядько працює в цьому офісі.
Meaning
30 sensesA ceremonial duty or service, particularly
A ceremonial duty or service
The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
A daily service without the eucharist.
The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.
Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
Last rites.
A position of responsibility.
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.
Amt
до́лжностьdólžnostʹ, постpost, пози́цияpozícija
поса́даposáda, постpost, пози́ціяpozýcija
Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office.
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
(plural, regional)A service, a kindness.
The secretary prevailed at the negotiations through the good offices of the Freedonian ambassador.
(figuratively, slang)Inside information.
Examples
3785 sentencesMy uncle works in this office.
Мій дядько працює в цьому офісі.
ruМой дядя работает в этом офисе.
deMein Onkel arbeitet in diesem Büro.
He came to my office yesterday.
Учора він прийшов до мого офісу.
ruВчера он пришёл ко мне в офис.
deEr ist gestern in mein Büro gekommen.
He's just an ordinary office worker.
Він звичайний офісний працівник.
ruОн - простой офисный служащий.
She has already left the office.
Вона вже залишила офіс.
ruОна уже покинула офис.
deSie hat das Büro schon verlassen.
Let's go back to the office.
Повернімося до офісу.
ruДавайте вернёмся в офис.
deLass uns zurück zum Büro gehen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English office, from Old French office, from Latin officium (“personal, officiFrom 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”)).
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Forms
plural: officesSynonyms
32 synonyms- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed:business office
- professional or clerical workers in an office:office staff
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power:power
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group:functionpartrole
- a job in an organization:positionpostberthplacesituation
- an administrative unit of government:agencyfederal agencygovernment agencybureauauthority
Word family
109 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- the post office
- post office
- in his office
- in my office
- post office is
- in the office
- to my office
- office on mondays
- at the office
- to the office
- in her office
- an an office