office

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɒfɪs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɔfɪs, ˈɑfɪs/ ,USA pronunciation: respellingfis, ofis)

Collocations for "office"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "office" in context.

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office

Most examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [large, small, tiny] office
  2. at the [local, regional, national, state] office
  3. a [home, private, shared] office
  4. go to the [teacher's, director's, secretary's] office
  5. government: the secretary of the [home, foreign] office
  6. the president's [first, second] term in office
  7. have offices in 20 [countries, cities, states]
  8. contact our [Denver, London, Barcelona] office
  9. have to be in to the office [early, late]
  10. will be in my office [later, this afternoon, this evening, all morning]
  11. works in an office
  12. is [out of, away from] the office right now
  13. left my [keys, laptop, bag] at the office
  14. I need to [drop, pass, swing] by the office to
  15. the office opens at [10 A.M.]
  16. the whole office [helped, contributed, pitched in]
  17. she's [running, standing] for political office
  18. at the [doctor's, dentist's] office
  19. go to the post office
  20. at the box office
  21. the office of [research, investigation, enquiries]
n as adj
  1. office [products, supplies, furniture]
  2. an office [job, block, building, manager, junior, worker]
  3. an out-of-office reply
  4. our office hours are from [9 to 5]
  5. a post-office [counter, clerk]
  6. a box-office [hit, smash, record]
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