office – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: business establishment,
place of business,
administrative unit,
administrative body,
duty,
state,
staff,
rite,
religious rite,
job,
line,
line of work,
occupation
office
n.
chamber, bureau; role; incumbency
Office
An
office is generally a
room or other area where
administrative work is done, but may also denote a position within an
organization with specific duties attached to it (see
officer,
office-holder,
official); the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an
adjective, the term "office" may refer to
business-related tasks. In
legal writing, a company or organization has offices in any place that it has an official presence, even if that presence consists of, for example, a
storage silo rather than an office. An office is an architectural and design phenomenon; whether it is a small office such as a
bench in the corner of a
small business of extremely small size (see
small office/home office), through entire floors of buildings, up to and including massive buildings dedicated entirely to one company. In modern terms an office usually refers to the location where
white-collar workers are employed. As per
James Stephenson,"Office is that part of business enterprise which is devoted to the direction and co-ordination of its various activities."
office
Noun
1. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
(synonym) business office
(hypernym) place of business, business establishment
(hyponym) box office, ticket office, ticket booth
(part-holonym) office building, office block
2. an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
(synonym) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, authority
(hypernym) administrative unit, administrative body
(hyponym) Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL
3. 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"; "play its role"
(synonym) function, part, role
(hypernym) duty
(hyponym) capacity
(derivation) officiate
4. (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 office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
(synonym) power
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) executive clemency
(derivation) officiate, function
(classification) government, governing, governance, government activity
5. professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
(synonym) office staff
(hypernym) staff
6. a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
(hypernym) rite, religious rite
(hyponym) Divine Office
(derivation) officiate
7. a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
(synonym) position, post, berth, spot, billet, place, situation
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) academicianship
(derivation) officiate, function
Office (das)
n.
office, chamber, bureau
office
nm.
office, bureau; pantry, agency
