1. n. (religion) A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:
2. n. (Christianity) The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
3. n. (particularly) Mass, label, en, particularly the introit sung at its beginning.
4. n. (Christianity) Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
5. n. (Christianity) A daily service without the eucharist.
6. n. (Catholicism) The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons.
In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.
7. n. (Protestant) Various prayers used with modification as a morning or evening service.
8. n. (Christianity) Last rites.
9. n. A position of responsibility.
When the office of Secretary of State is vacant, its duties fall upon an official within the department.
10. n. Official position, particularly high employment within government; tenure in such a position.
She held office as secretary of state until she left office to run for office.
11. n. (figuratively) An official or group of officials; label, en, figuratively a personification of officeholders.
12. n. A duty, particularly owing to one's position or station; a charge, trust, or role;(obsolete) moral duty.
13. n. (obsolete) The performance of a duty; an instance of performing a duty.
14. n. (archaic) Function: anything typically done by or expected of something.
15. n. (particularly) A bodily function, label, en, particularly urination and defecation; an act of urination or defecation.
16. n. (now usually in plural) A service, a kindness.
The secretary prevailed at the negotiations through the good offices of the Freedonian ambassador.
17. n. (figuratively) Inside information.
18. n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for non-manual work, particularly:
The office of the Secretary of State is cleaned when it is vacant.
19. n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for administration and bookkeeping.
20. n. A room, set of rooms, or building used for selling services or tickets to the public.
21. n. (chiefly) A room, set of rooms, or building used for consultation and diagnosis, but not surgery or other major procedures.
22. n. (figuratively) The staff of such places.
The whole office was there... well, except you, of course.
23. n. (figuratively) The administrative departments housed in such places, particularly:
He's from our public relations office.
24. n. (UK) A ministry or other department of government.
The secretary of state's British colleague heads the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
25. n. (Catholicism) Short for Holy Office: the court of final appeal in cases of heresy.
26. n. A particular place of business of a larger white-collar business.
He worked as the receptionist at the Akron office.
27. n. (now in the dated) The parts of a house or estate devoted to manual work and storage, as the kitchen, scullery, laundry, stables, etc., particularly(euphemism) a house or estate's facilities for urina
28. n. (UK) clipping of, inquest of office, : an inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.
29. n. (obsolete) A piece of land used for hunting; the area of land overseen by a gamekeeper.
30. n. (figuratively) A hangout: a place where one is normally found.
31. n. (UK) A plane's cockpit, particularly an observer's cockpit.
32. n. (computing) A collection of business software typically including a word processor and spreadsheet and slideshow programs.
33. v. To provide (someone) with an office.
34. v. (intransitive) To have an office.
desk
1. n. Pupitre, bureau.
Mr Swiveller walked into Sampson Brass's office at the usual hour placed his hat upon the desk, and taking from his pocket a small parcel of black crape, applied himself to folding and pinning the same upon it, after the manner of a hatband.
M. Swiveller se rendit, à l'heure accoutumée, à l'étude de Sampson Brass. Il posa son chapeau sur le pupitre ; puis, tirant de sa poche une étroite bande de crêpe noir, il se mit à l'appliquer autour de sa coiffure, et à l'y fixer avec des épi
2. n. Écritoire.
desk
1. n. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
2. n. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit.
3. n. A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
city desk
4. v. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
desktop
1. n. surface d'un bureau permettant de travailler
2. n. Informatique (Par analogie) bureau d'un environnement graphique, c'est-à-dire l'écran sur lequel apparaissent des icônes et des fenêtres, l'arrière-plan est souvent agrémenté d'une image.
3. n. (Architecture des ordinateurs) (Par ellipse) (A desktop computer) ordinateur de bureau.
4. adj. conçu pour être utilisé sur un bureau ou qui peut être utilisé sur un bureau
I am very eager to try the new desktop computer I have just bought.
J'ai hâte d'essayer le nouvel ordinateur de bureau que je viens d'acheter .
desktop
1. n. The top surface of a desk.
2. n. (computing) A desktop computer.
Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.
3. n. (computing, GUI) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop.
4. adj. Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
5. adj. (computing) Of an application, designed to be run on a personal computer.
bureau
1. n. (Gall) Agence, bureau.
2. n. (Gall) Bureau (meuble).
3. n. (Meubles) Commode (États-Unis).
bureau
1. n. An administrative unit of government; office.
2. n. An organization or office for collecting or providing information or news.
a news bureau; a travel bureau; a service bureau; an employment bureau; the Citizens Advice Bureau
3. n. An office (room where clerical or professional duties are performed).
4. n. (chiefly British) A desk, usually with a cover and compartments that are located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath, and often used for storing papers.
5. n. (US) A chest of drawers for clothes.
precinct
1. n. Enceinte, espace clos.
2. n. (US) (Police) Subdivision d'une ville sous la juridiction d'un corps spécifique de police ; une des plus petites zones de compétence d'un organisme ou service de l'administration locale ; le commissariat de police situé dans ce district.
3. n. (US) Subdivision d'une ville ou localité définie aux fins de répartition de la population et de réunion de celle-ci en assemblée électorale pour les opérations de vote et de dépouillement, pour l'élection de leurs représentants locaux (notamment lor
precinct
1. n. (chiefly in the plural) An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls.
2. n. (UK) A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area.
3. n. (US, law enforcement) A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district.
4. n. (US) A subdivision of a city or town for the purposes of voting and representation in city or town government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards.
writing desk
writing desk
1. n. A desk at which someone may write.
buro
buro
1. n. an office
2. n. a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
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