office /ofˈis/

1. Orig an act of kindness or attention
2. A service
3. (with ill, etc) a disservice
4. A function or duty
5. Settled duty or employment
6. A position imposing certain duties or giving a right to exercise an employment
7. The possession of a post in the government
8. Business
9. An act of worship
10. The order or form of a religious service, either public or private
11. That which a thing is designed or fitted to do
12. A place where business is carried on
13. A group of staff occupying such a place
14. A state department
15. The building in which it is housed
16. A doctor's consulting room (N American)
17. A cockpit in an aeroplane (slang)
18. A euphemism for lavatory
19. A hint (slang)
20. (in pl) the apartments of a house or the subsidiary buildings in which the domestic, etc, work is carried out

offˈicer noun

1. Someone who holds an office
2. A person who performs some public duty
3. A person holding a commission in an army, navy or air force
4. Someone who holds a similar post in any force or body organized on a similar plan
5. A policeman or policewoman
6. An office-bearer in a society

1. (of officers) to command or lead
2. To provide with officers

official /ə-fishˈəl/ adjective

1. Relating to an office
2. Depending on the proper office or authority
3. Done by authority
4. Issued or authorized by a public authority or office
5. (of an explanation, etc) untrue but maintained in public, the truth being embarrassing or compromising
6. (of a drug) recognized in the pharmacopoeia (cf officinal)

1. A person who holds an office
2. A subordinate public officer
3. The deputy of a bishop, etc

officˈialdom noun

1. Officials as a body
2. The world of officials
3. Officialism

officialeseˈ noun

Stilted, wordy and stereotyped English alleged to be characteristic of official letters and documents

officˈialism noun

1. Official position
2. Excessive devotion to official routine and detail
3. The self-importance of a Jack-in-office

officiality /ə-fish-i-alˈi-ti/ or officialty /ə-fishˈəl-ti/ noun (rare)

1. The charge, office or jurisdiction of an official
2. The official headquarters of an ecclesiastical or other deliberative and governing body
3. Officialism

officially /ə-fishˈə-li/ adverb

officiant /ə-fishˈi-ənt/ noun

Someone who officiates at a religious service, someone who administers a sacrament

officˈiate intransitive verb

To perform the duties of an office

officiāˈtion noun

officˈiator noun

offˈice-bearer noun

1. Someone who holds office
2. Someone who has an appointed duty to perform in connection with some company, society, church, etc

office block noun

A large building in which an office or variety of offices is housed

offˈice-book noun

A book of forms of church service

office boy, office girl noun

A boy or girl employed to do minor jobs in an office

offˈice-holder noun

1. Someone who holds a government office
2. A civil servant, usu in administration (US)

office hours plural noun

The time during which an office is open for business, typically 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

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