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How to pronounce “office

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Pronunciation guide for office

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of office with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
Cubed: A Secret History of the WorkplaceThank you for inviting me to your office
Definition summary
(religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:

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How to pronounce office

Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace

Thank you for inviting me to your office

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “office

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
  • A position of responsibility.
  • Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
  • A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role; (obsolete, rare) moral duty.
  • (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
  • (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
  • (figuratively, slang) Inside information.
  • A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
  • (figuratively) The staff of such places.
  • (figuratively, in large organizations) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
  • (now in the plural, dated) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly (euphemistic, dated) a house or estate's facilities for urination and defecation: outhouses or lavatories.
  • (UK law, historical) Clipping of inquest of office:
  • (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
  • (figuratively, slang, obsolete) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
  • (UK military slang, dated) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
  • (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
  • (obsolete) An official or group of officials; (figuratively) a personification of officeholders.
  • (obsolete) A bodily function, (particularly) urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
  • (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
  • [Verb]
  • To provide (someone) with an office.
  • (intransitive) To have an office.

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