Definitions for offices
offices
of·fice
Spelling: [aw-fis, of-is]
IPA: /ˈɔ fɪs, ˈɒf ɪs/
Offices is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 107 anagrams from letters in offices (ceffios).
Definitions for offices
noun
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a room, set of rooms, or building where the business of a commercial or industrial organization or of a professional person is conducted:
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a room assigned to a specific person or a group of persons in a commercial or industrial organization:
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a business or professional organization:
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the staff or designated part of a staff at a commercial or industrial organization:
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a position of duty, trust, or authority, especially in the government, a corporation, a society, or the like:
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employment or position as an official:
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the duty, function, or part of a particular person or agency:
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(initial capital letter) an operating agency or division of certain departments of the U.S. Government:
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(initial capital letter) British. a major administrative unit or department of the national government:
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Slang. hint, signal, or warning; high sign.
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Often, offices. something, whether good or bad, done or said for or to another:
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Ecclesiastical.
the prescribed order or form for a service of the church or for devotional use.
the services so prescribed.
Also called divine office. the prayers, readings from Scripture, and psalms that must be recited every day by all who are in major orders.
a ceremony or rite, especially for the dead.
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a service or task to be performed; assignment; chore:
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offices, Chiefly British.
the parts of a house, as the kitchen, pantry, or laundry, devoted mainly to household work.
the stables, barns, cowhouses, etc., of a farm.
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Older Slang. privy.
Origin of offices
1200-50; Middle English Old French Latin officium service, duty, ceremony, presumably contraction of opificium, equivalent to opi-, combining form akin to opus opus +
Examples for offices
Granted, James is in an office in the Pentagon, and not on the front lines.
Two witnesses outside the Charlie Hebdo office building quoted the Kouachi brothers claiming they were members of al Qaeda.
"You will find my father in his office," she said, looking a little disappointed.
This business attended to, Robert bent his steps to Mr. Paine's office.
How do you feel about Archer and the gang abandoning the cartel and returning to the office?
Going to his office, he was fortunate enough to find him in, and unengaged.
Nine new Republican senators will swear their oaths of office.
He took me right into his office, and I told him what you said, and he'll be ready for you at two o'clock.
After a year of that, he'll be taken into the office and his hours will be cut down to eight.
“Change can be exciting,” Cuomo says to Richards as he helps her pack up her office.