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# office

«office» in Mova's school dictionary: **a room or building where people work at desks, often with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#m1)

2) The school office is where the secretary or receptionist works and visitors sign in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#m2)

3) An office is a building where a service is given, like a post office or a ticket office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#m3)

4) An office is an important job or position, like the office of president. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#x1)
- Take this note to the school office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#x2)
- We bought stamps at the post office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#x3)
- Visitors must sign in at the office. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#x4)
- The box office sells tickets for the show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#x5)
- The President took office in January. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/office/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/18/)
- ["As previously mentioned" means "I already told you this"; it is office jargon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/19/)
- [Money or something valuable found at school should go to a teacher or the office.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/104-growing-up-honesty-and-manners/9/)
- [If you feel ill in a lesson, you tell the teacher and ask to go to the nurse or office.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/16/)
- [School visitors must sign in at the office and wear a badge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/257-school-adults-and-the-playground/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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