office

office is a 6-letter English word with 16 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices.
2. noun. A special duty, trust, charge, or position, conferred by authority and for a public purpose; a position of trust or authority; as, an executive or judical office; a municipal office.
3. noun. A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself; as, the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new.
4. noun. That which is performed, intended, or assigned to be done, by a particular thing, or that which anything is fitted to perform; a function; -- answering to duty in intelligent beings.
5. noun. The place where a particular kind of business or service for others is transacted; a house or apartment in which public officers and others transact business; as, the register's office; a lawyer's office.
6. noun. The company or corporation, or persons collectively, whose place of business is in an office; as, I have notified the office.
7. noun. The apartments or outhouses in which the domestics discharge the duties attached to the service of a house, as kitchens, pantries, stables, etc.
8. noun. Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
9. transitive verb. To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge.
10. noun. a job in an organization

    "he occupied a post in the treasury"

    Synonyms: berth, billet, place, position, post, situation, spot

11. 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"

    Synonyms: function, part, role

12. noun. a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities

    "the offices of the mass"

13. noun. place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

    "he rented an office in the new building"

14. noun. an administrative unit of government

    "the Central Intelligence Agency"

    "the Census Bureau"

    Synonyms: agency, authority, bureau

15. noun. professional or clerical workers in an office

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

16. 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 office"

    Synonyms: power

Synonyms

berth, billet, place, position, post, situation, spot, function, part, role, agency, authority, bureau, power

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in office:

coiffe

Common word forms

officer, offices, officeless

Words from these letters

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