Word

office, n.
(offices)
freq. cnt. 94

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 62 freq. cnt.: 62

business office office

sample sentences

"he rented an office in the new building"

semantic pointers

hyponym

box office, ticket office, ticket booth countinghouse government office headquarters, central office, main office, home office, home base life office loan office newsroom shipping office

hypernym

place of business, business establishment

part holonym

office building, office block

an administrative unit of government
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 20 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

agency authority bureau federal agency government agency office

sample sentences

"the Central Intelligence Agency"
"the Census Bureau"
"Office of Management and Budget"
"Tennessee Valley Authority"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

official

semantic pointers

instance hyponym

Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL Army High Performance Computing Research Center, AHPCRC Naval Research Laboratory, NRL United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, USACIL

hypernym

administrative unit, administrative body

hyponym

executive agency Food and Drug Administration, FDA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC Counterterrorist Center, CTC Nonproliferation Center, NPC Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA National Climatic Data Center, NCDC National Weather Service Technology Administration National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST National Technical Information Service, NTIS Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI United States Public Health Service, PHS National Institutes of Health, NIH Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA Bureau of Justice Statistics, BJS Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS Foreign Service Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR United States Fish and Wildlife Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS National Park Service Financial Management Service Office of Intelligence Support, OIS Comptroller of the Currency Bureau of Customs, Customs Bureau, Customs Service, USCB Bureau of Engraving and Printing Internal Revenue Service, IRS FAA, Federal Aviation Administration Transportation Security Administration, TSA Government Accounting Office, GAO, United States Government Accounting Office United States Navy, US Navy, USN, Navy United States Coast Guard, U. S. Coast Guard, US Coast Guard Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, NAWCWPNS Naval Special Warfare, NSW Naval Surface Warfare Center, NSWC Naval Underwater Warfare Center, NUWC Office of Naval Intelligence, ONI Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, MCIA United States Air Force, U. S. Air Force, US Air Force, Air Force, USAF Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Air Force ISR, AFISR independent agency Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA Defense Logistics Agency Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service, DRMS Defense Technical Information Center, DTIC law enforcement agency Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA organ Patent and Trademark Office Database, Patent Office United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO National Guard Bureau, NGB United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA Army Intelligence, AI Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, BMDO Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, NGA Casualty Care Research Center, CCRC Federal Housing Administration, FHA local authority

the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 60 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6

function office part role

sample sentences

"the function of a teacher"
"the government must do its part"
"play its role"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

function

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

officiate officiate

semantic pointers

hypernym

duty

hyponym

capacity hat portfolio place, stead, position, lieu second fiddle

(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2

office power

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

official officiate

semantic pointers

hypernym

state

domain of synset (topic)

government, governing, governance, government activity, administration

hyponym

executive clemency war power

a job in an organization
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

berth billet office place position post situation spot