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# bureau

«bureau» in Mova's school dictionary: **An office or government department that does a special…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bureau, bureaus or bureaux)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An office or government department that does a special job, such as the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) or a tourist information bureau. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#m1)

2) (UK) A writing desk with drawers and a lid that folds down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#m2)

3) (US) A chest of drawers for clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life you meet bureaus as offices: a «travel bureau», a «weather bureau» (the Bureau of Meteorology in Australia), a «bureau de change» (where you swap money for travel). In homes, Grandma's old bureau may hold letters and pens.

### examples

- The Bureau of Meteorology says it will rain tomorrow. (Australia) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#x1)
- We changed our money at a bureau de change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#x2)
- The FBI is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#x3)
- Grandma keeps her letters in an old wooden bureau. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#x4)
- My socks are in the top drawer of the bureau. (US) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#x5)
- Ask at the tourist bureau for a map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/#x6)

### note

Two plurals: bureaus (common, US) and bureaux (UK, French style). Said «BYOOR-oh». Spelling trap: b-u-r-e-a-u, from French. Related: bureaucracy (lots of offices and rules), bureaucrat.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bureau» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bureau/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.