office

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ noun
room / building
1 [C] a room, set of rooms or building where people work, usually sitting at desks: The company is moving to new offices on the other side of town. + Are you going to the office today? + We ought to inform head office. + an office job + office workers
2 [C] a room in which a particular person works, usually at a desk: Some people have to share an office. + Come into my office.
3 (AmE) = SURGERY: a doctor's / dentist's office
4 [C] (often in compounds) a room or building used for a particular purpose, especially to provide information or a service: the local tourist office + a ticket office
See also - BOX OFFICE, REGISTRY OFFICE
government department
5 (Office) [C] used in the names of some British government departments: the Foreign Office + the Home Office + the Office of Fair Trading
important position
6 [U, C] an important position of authority, especially in government; the work and duties connected with this: She held office as a cabinet minister for ten years. + How long has he been in office? + The party has been out of office (= has not formed a government) for many years. + The present government took office in 1997. + to seek / run for office + (BrE) to stand for office + the office of treasurer
Idioms: through sb's good offices (formal) with sb's help

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 business, organization, department, firm, house, establishment, company, corporation:

Whenever I'm travelling, I always try to phone the office once a day

2 commission, department, branch; section, division:

He was with the overseas office for years.

3 workplace, offices; room, area:

Our new office is completely air-conditioned. My office is next to the board room

4 duty, obligation, responsibility, charge, commission, service, employment, occupation, position, post, appointment, assignment, chore, task, job, place, berth, work, role, function, purpose, part, bit, Colloq thing, Slang shtick:

He was appointed to the office of Minister of Health. In her office as Minister of Finance, she wields great power.

5 offices. indulgence, intermediation, auspices, support, advocacy, aegis, help, aid, intercession, mediation, patronage, favour, backing, backup:

She appealed to the police chief's good offices to allow her to visit her son.

Collocation dictionary

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¹ room/building where written work is done

ADJ.

big, huge, large, spacious | cramped, small, tiny | plush | high-rise | five-storey,

ten-storey, etc. | glass-fronted,

glass-walled | busy, noisy | open-plan | air-conditioned | electronic, paperless | permanent, temporary

The company set up its first permanent offices in the city centre.

| private

The prime minister arranged a meeting in his private office.

| central, head, main | area, branch, district, local, overseas, regional, subsidiary | administrative, editorial, press, sales, etc. | council, government, newspaper, etc.

VERB + OFFICE

manage, run, supervise | come/go into, come/go to

I sometimes go into the office on Saturdays when we're busy.

| arrive at, get to | leave

What time do you usually leave the office?

OFFICE + NOUN

job, work | hours

Call this number outside normal office hours.

| colleague, staff, worker | life | gossip, politics | party

We have an office party every Christmas.

| administrator, assistant, cleaner, clerk, manager | boy, girl, junior

(all old-fashioned)

| desk, door, equipment, furniture, safe, shredder, software, stationery | system, technology | environment

Working in a busy office environment can be stressful.

| accommodation, block, building, complex, development, premises, space, suite

The old warehouses have been redeveloped for office accommodation.

| facilities, services

The conference centre provides office facilities such as computers and faxes.

| expenses, overheads | administration, management | skills | procedures, routine

PREP.

at the ~

I sometimes have to stay late at the office.

| in the ~

I'm sorry, Mr Anders is not in the office today.

² official position

ADJ.

exalted, great, high, important | minor | lucrative, prestigious | hereditary | national, public | ecclesiastical, judicial, ministerial, political

VERB + OFFICE

run for, stand for

He ran for office in the last presidential election.

| hold, remain in, retain, stay in

The president holds office for a period of four years.

| be appointed to, be elected to | be re-elected to, be returned to

The government was returned to office by a large majority.

| assume, be sworn into, come into, come to, enter, take, take up

Martin was sworn into office as prime minister in March. The Labour Party took office in 1997.

| give up, leave, lose, relinquish, resign from, retire from, vacate | be driven from, be forced from, be removed from, be suspended from, be turned out of

OFFICE + NOUN

holder

PREP.

in ~

The government seemed likely to remain in office for the next five years.

| out of ~

breaking promises made when out of office

PHRASES

a candidate for office, duties of the office, a term of office

to be re-elected for a second term of office

Concise English dictionary

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offices'ɔfɪs ,'ɑ- /'ɒ-
noun
+place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
+an administrative unit of government
+the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
+(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
+professional or clerical workers in an office
+a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
+a job in an organization