office
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1.6
- noun
- /ˈɔfɪs/
- After years of campaigning, he was finally elected to office and promised to serve his community.
- take office
- elected to office
- hold office
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Watch on YouTubeBut the point of running for office is to hold office.
- But the point of running for office is to hold office.
- It seems like the entrenched power of the office is just enormous.
- There always has been LBJ that ended up in office after JFK.
- One is who runs for office to gain power to do that?
- When he was in office, things changed.
- And he hadn't been, he should have been out of office right there.
- Within eight months, he's out of office because enough people were upset.
- Well, as SJ Pearlman said, the office of humor is to offend.
- Imagine if Trump was in office during this bank crash.
Examples
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But the point of running for office is to hold office.
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The new president will take office at a low moment in U.S. relations with its neighbors.
Academic text (2008) -
When he was in office, things changed.
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I'm running for high office, you see.
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Indeed, there are many factors that influence whether women run for office and whether they succeed.
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He's concerned about his term in office and maybe the next few years.
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The funding declined by the time Parker took office in 2009 and continued to decline in subsequent years.
Academic text (2017) -
But even after the war, and after Clinton's term of office, the legacy will remain.
Academic text (1999) -
Christians still enjoy the constitutional rights to vote, hold office, speak, exercise their faith, and assemble.
Academic text (2008) -
President Barack Obama realized as much, which is why he entered office promising to be a "post-partisan" president.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.3
The job and duties someone has in a group or situation
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3.2
A person's job or rank in a group like a company
289
3.1
A job or position in an organization where someone works
53
3.2
A government job with power and duty to serve the people
Idioms
Compounds
18
3.6
A government department or agency that works for the national government in the United States
- Formal
17
3.4
A government office that checks, gives, and keeps records of patents and trademarks
15
4.7
A U.S. government agency that helps the President prepare and oversee the federal budget
10
3.5
A government department that manages relations with other countries especially in the UK
10
3.5
Main office where leaders of a company or organization work and make decisions
- UK
5
3.7
A UK government department that handles immigration, security and police matters
- Formal
2
4.8
An independent U.S. agency that helps Congress check how the government spends public money
- Archaic
2
2.6
A young man who does simple office tasks like running errands and delivering messages
1
2.0
A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
- Formal
1
4.8
A former U.S. agency that printed and bound official government documents
1
4.4
A group of government offices that help the United States President carry out duties and make policy
A United States agency that builds and operates spy satellites to collect information for the government and military
- Formal
1
4.6
A United States Navy agency that gathers and studies information for security and operations
- Formal
1
9.9
A set of prayers that priests and some laypeople say at set times each day
- Formal
1
2.0
A government service that delivers letters and packages across the United States
1
3.0
A program in the Microsoft Office set used for tasks like writing, creating spreadsheets and making presentations
1
5.9
An independent agency that checks how the U.S. government spends money and reports to Congress
1
6.5
A former government office that made and put together official United States documents for Congress and federal departments
A former U.S. government agency that printed and bound official documents for Congress and other federal offices
1
4.7
A government office that deals with France's relations with other countries
A part of the U.S. Treasury that shares intelligence with officials who work on other countries' money and trade
An agency of the UN that worked to reduce drug use and crime worldwide
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word office comes from the Latin officium, 'service' or 'duty', and it is the same root as official. That's why an office can mean a position or role with duties to do, so holding an office is having responsibility.