office
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(noun) a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass" |
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Related Words: Divine Office, Little Office, religious rite, rite |
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(noun) where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building" |
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Related Words: box office, business establishment, central office, countinghouse, government office, headquarters, home office, life office, loan office, main office, newsroom, place of business, shipping office, ticket booth, ticket office |
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(noun) professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard" |
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Synonyms: office staff |
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Related Words: staff |
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(noun) (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 power" |
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Synonyms: power |
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Related Words: executive clemency, state |
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(noun) 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" or "play its role" or "do its duty" |
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Synonyms: function, part, role |
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Related Words: capacity, duty, hat, lieu, place, position, second fiddle, stead |
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(noun) an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority" |
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Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau, government agency |
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Related Words: AEC, Atomic Energy Commission, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Bureau of the Census, CIA, Census Bureau, Center for Disease Control, Central Intelligence Agency, Comptroller of the Currency, EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, FBI, FHA, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Housing Administration, IRS, Internal Revenue Service, Manhattan Project, NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Park Service, Selective Service, Selective Service System, Social Security Administration, UN agency, United Nations agency, administrative unit, central bank, child welfare agency, child welfare service, executive agency, organ, patent office, redevelopment authority, regulatory agency, regulatory authority, secret service, weather bureau |
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(noun) a job in an organization or hierarchy; "he ocupied a post in the treasury" |
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Synonyms: berth, place, position, post, situation, slot, spot |
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Related Words: academicianship, accountantship, admiralty, ambassadorship, apostleship, apprenticeship, attorneyship, bailiffship, bishopry, cadetship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, cardinalship, chair, chairmanship, chancellorship, chaplaincy, chaplainship, chieftaincy, chieftainship, clerkship, commandership, comptrollership, consulship, controllership, councillorship, councilorship, counsellorship, counselorship, curacy, curatorship, custodianship, deanery, deanship, directorship, discipleship, editorship, eldership, emirate, employment, foremanship, generalship, governorship, headship, incumbency, inspectorship, instructorship, internship, job, judgeship, judgship, judicature, lectureship, legateship, legation, legislatorship, librarianship, lieutenancy, magistracy, managership, marshalship, mastership, mayoralty, messiahship, moderatorship, overlordship, pastorate, pastorship, praetorship, precentorship, preceptorship, prefecture, prelacy, prelature, premiership, presidency, presidentship, primateship, principalship, priorship, proconsulate, proconsulship, proctorship, professorship, protectorship, receivership, regency, rulership, secretaryship, senatorship, sinecure, solicitorship, speakership, stewardship, studentship, teachership, thaneship, throne, treasurership, tribuneship, viceroyship, viziership, wardenship, wardership, work |
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