office
part of speech
noun (an office, offices)
meaning for a pupil
1) An office is a room or building where people work at desks, often with computers and papers. tree →
2) The school office is where the secretary or receptionist works and visitors sign in. tree →
3) An office is a building where a service is given, like a post office or a ticket office. tree →
4) An office is an important job or position, like the office of president. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday school life, you go to the school office if you feel ill, are late, or need to call home; visitors must sign in there. In safety, if you are lost in a shopping centre, go to an information office or a shop desk. In social studies, people "take office" or "hold office" when elected. Phrases: post office, head teacher's office, office worker, box office, in office.
examples
- My mum works in an office in town. tree →
- Take this note to the school office. tree →
- We bought stamps at the post office. tree →
- Visitors must sign in at the office. tree →
- The box office sells tickets for the show. tree →
- The President took office in January. tree →
note
"An office", with "an". "Office" for a job (in office) is formal. In the USA the head teacher is usually called the principal, and the school office is the main office. A doctor's office in the USA is called a surgery in the UK.
In the corpora
- "Per my last email" means "you did not read my email properly"; it is office jargon.
- "As previously mentioned" means "I already told you this"; it is office jargon.
- Money or something valuable found at school should go to a teacher or the office.
- If you feel ill in a lesson, you tell the teacher and ask to go to the nurse or office.
- School visitors must sign in at the office and wear a badge.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «office» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.