Meaning & Definition of Office in English

1. Place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

• "He rented an office in the new building"

2. An administrative unit of government

• "The central intelligence agency"

• "The census bureau"

• "Office of management and budget"

• "Tennessee valley authority"

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"

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"

5. Professional or clerical workers in an office

• "The whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"

6. A religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

• "The offices of the mass"

7. A job in an organization

• "He occupied a post in the treasury"