Office

Noun

 * 1) A building or room where clerical or professional duties are performed.
 * 2) A bureau, an administrative unit of government.
 * 3) A position of responsibility of some authority within an organisation.
 * 4) rite, ceremonial observance of social or religious nature
 * 5) religious service, especially a liturgy officiated by a Christian priest or minister
 * 6) major administrative division, notably in certain governmental administrations, either at ministry level (e.g. the British Home Office) or within or dependent on such a department
 * 7)  a task that one feels obliged to do
 * 8)  The parts of a house given over to household work, storage etc.

Adjectives for Office

 * (general) imperial; holy; ill; drafty; administrative; magnificent; paneled; imposing; nobler; elective; unpretentious; kind; breviary; basest; oldest; established; beneficent; executive; menial; subordinate; domestic; melancholy; appointed; choked; modest; distinct; turbaned; charitable; required; lofty; invidious; courteous; truer; permanent; pious; sceptered.

Verbs for Office

 * (place of business) abandon—; assign to—; clerk in—; collect at—; conduct at—; establish—; glower around—; head—; inquire at—; lodge in—; pour into—; supervise—; transact at—;transfer—to; usher into—; —ouzzes; —dispenses; —drones; —employs; —functions; —hums; —operates.
 * (position, duty, etc.) abolish—; abuse—; assume—; catapult into '—; chain to—; dawdle in—; elevate to—; entitle to—; fill—; hoist i,nto—; hound out of—; induct into—; oust from—; perform —; qualify for—; railroad out of (colloq.)—; resign—; retire from—; slide into—; soar to—; undertake—.
 * (general) appoint—; consult—;   direct—;   elect—; huddle with—s; invest—with; rebuke—; refer to—; serve as—; staff with~s; —administers; —advocates; —s assemble; — attends; —authorizes; —blusters; —chast¬ises; —conducts; —directs; —inspects; — judges; —orders; —presides; —summons,

Adverbs for Office
undeniably; admittedly; avowedly; assuredly; obviously; evidently; manifestly; authentically; authoritatively;  absolutely;  reli¬ably; dependably; solemnly; actually; indubitably; unmistakably; odiously; irresistibly; cruelly; sternly; responsibly; imposingly; shockingly; studiously; weightily.

Thesaurus
patronage, performance, place, plenipotentiary power, pointer, position, post, power of attorney, power to act, practice, praise meeting, prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, prescribed form, prime, prime song, procuration, protection, province, proxy, public worship, purpose, purview, regency, regentship, relief, religious ceremony, remedy, rescue, responsibility, revival, revival meeting, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, role, room, sacrament, sacramental, sail loft, second job, secretariat, section, service, sext, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shop, shrievalty, shtick, situation, solemnity, solemnization, spot, stacks, station, steer, studio, study, succor, support, task, tent meeting, tenure, therapy, thing, ticket office, tierce, tip, tip-off, trust, trusteeship, turn, ultimate purpose, undersong, use, vacancy, vesper, vespers, vicarious authority, vigils, warning, warrant, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, whisper, work, workplace, workroom, Mass, act of grace, act of kindness, advice, advocacy, aegis, agency, agentship, aid, alerting, appointment, area, assignment, assistance, atelier, auspices, authority, authorization, baccalaureate service, backhouse, backing, backup, bailiwick, bedtime prayer, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, berth, billet, bit, blessing, booking office, box office, branch, branch office, brevet, bureau, business, cabinet, camp meeting, capacity, care, caution, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, chambers, chancellery, chancery, character, charge, chore, church, church service, closet, clue, comfort, commencement, commissariat, commission, commissioning, commitment, company, compline, connection, consignment, constablery, constablewick, constabulary, consulate, convocation, corporate headquarters, corporation, courtesy, crapper, cue, cure, delegated authority, delegation, den, department, deputation, devolution, devolvement, devotions, divine service, division, duty, ease, embassy, employment, empowerment, empty formality, end use, engagement, entrusting, entrustment, errand, establishment, evening devotions, evensong, executive office, executorship, exequatur, exercise, exercises, factorship, favor, firm, form, form of worship, formal, formality, formula, formulary, full power, function, gig, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, graduation, graduation exercises, headquarters, help, holy rite, home office, house, immediate purpose, inaugural, inauguration, incumbency, indulgence, initiation, institution, intercession, intermediation, jakes, job, jurisdiction, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, labor of love, lauds, legation, library, license, lieutenancy, liturgy, lob, loft, main office, mandate, matins, mediation, meeting, mercy, ministration, ministry, mission, mitzvah, mode of worship, monition, moonlighting, morning devotions, mummery, municipality, mystery, necessary, night song, none, nones, novena, obligation, observance, occupation, offices, opening, operation, operational purpose, order of worship, ordinance, organization, outhouse, part, passing word,

Etymology
From office:, offis: etc., and  office:, from  officium:, probably contr. from opificium:, from opifex:, from opus: + facere:.

Derived terms

 * office boy
 * office mate
 * post office
 * box office
 * ticket office
 * paperless office
 * home office
 * doctor's office
 * in office
 * out of office
 * officer
 * official
 * officiate

Translations

 * Arabic: مكتب
 * Bosnian: kancelarija, poslovnica
 * Catalan: oficina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 办公室, 事務所, 事务所
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: kancelář (room)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: toimisto, virasto, konttori, liikehuoneisto, toimipaikka
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: કાર્યાલય
 * Hebrew: משרד
 * Hindi: दफ़तर, ऑफ़िस
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: kontoro
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 事務所, オフィス, 執務室, 事務室


 * Korean: 사무소 (事務所), 사무실 (事務室)
 * Kurdish:
 * Macedonian: канцеларија
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: دفتر, اداره
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: birou
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: oifis
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: канцеларија, пословница , писарница
 * Roman: kancelarija, poslovnica , pisarnica
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: afisi
 * Swedish:
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Turkish: ofis, büro, işyeri
 * Urdu: دفتر, آفس
 * Volapük: bür


 * Bosnian: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , overheidsdienst
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: משרד
 * Irish:
 * Macedonian:, дирекција,
 * Polish: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: minister, departament, oficiu
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: oifis
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: уред, биро
 * Roman: ured, biro , uprava , upraviteljstvo
 * Slovene: urad
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Armenian:
 * Esperanto:


 * Romanian: funcție
 * Scottish Gaelic:, oifis


 * Dutch:, goede diensten (, conciliatory mediation)
 * French: bon office (service rendered), bons offices  (concilatory mediation)
 * Portuguese:


 * Russian: услуга (uslúga), помощь (pómoš’)
 * Serbian: pisarnica, uprava


 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German:

Anagrams

 * coiffe

Noun

 * 1) charge, task, mandate
 * 2) administrative bureau, department
 * 3) religious service, notably liturgical office
 * 4) place where a household's table (food and drink)-related services are conducted, especially by domestic staff

Etymology
Borrowed from officium:.

Anagrams

 * coiffe, coiffé