office
office is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, office is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofoffice
- A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
- A position of responsibility.
Example: "When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department."
- Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
Example: "She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office."
- An official or group of officials; a personification of officeholders.
- A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; moral duty.
- The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
- Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
- A bodily function, urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
- (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
- Inside information.
- A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
Example: "The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant."
- The staff of such places.
Example: "The whole office was there... well, except you, of course."
- (in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
Example: "He's from our public relations office."
- (now in the plural) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.
- Clipping of inquest of office: an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.
- A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
- A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
- A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
- A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
- To provide (someone) with an office.
- To have an office.
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