office
Từ điển Collocation
office noun
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
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; business office
he rented an office in the new building
- an administrative unit of government; agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, authority
the Central Intelligence Agency
the Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
Tennessee Valley Authority
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; function, part, role
the function of a teacher
the government must do its part
play its role
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; 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
- professional or clerical workers in an office; office staff
the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
- a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
the offices of the mass
- a job in an organization; position, post, berth, spot, billet, place, situation
he occupied a post in the treasury
Microsoft Computer Dictionary
n. Microsoft’s family of individual and business application software suites for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Office is built around three core products: Word for word processing, Excel for spreadsheets, and Outlook for e-mail and collaboration. Office XP, the most recent version for the Windows platform, is available in several versions: the Office XP Standard or Standard for Students and Teachers version, which includes Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint; the Office XP Professional version, which adds Access; Office XP Developer, which includes Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Microsoft’s new SharePoint Team Services collaboration and team Web solution, and Developer Tools; and finally, Office XP Professional Special Edition, which offers all the programs in Office XP Professional plus FrontPage, SharePoint Team Services, Publisher, and IntelliMouse Explorer. Office v. X for Mac is the most recent version for the Macintosh and includes Word, Entourage (for e-mail and collaboration), Excel, and PowerPoint. See the table.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
offices
syn.: capacity department duty function headquarters job position post role room studio task work
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