· place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
Synonym(s): business_office
Hypernym(s): place_of_business, business_establishment
· an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
Synonym(s): agency, federal_agency, government_agency, bureau, authority
Hypernym(s): administrative_unit, administrative_body
· the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
Synonym(s): function, part, role
Hypernym(s): duty
· (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "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"
Synonym(s): power
Hypernym(s): state
· professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
Synonym(s): office_staff
Hypernym(s): staff
· a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
Hypernym(s): rite, religious_rite
· a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
Synonym(s): position, post, berth, spot, billet, place, situation
Hypernym(s): occupation, business, job, line_of_work, line