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office
A	noun
	1	position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
			a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚occupation; business; job; line of work; line ╚position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation ╚bailiffship ╚attorneyship ╚apprenticeship ╚apostleship ╚ambassadorship ╚admiralty ╚accountantship ╚academicianship
	2	function, office, part, role
			the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚work ╚duty ╚function, office, part, role ╚second fiddle ╚stead; position; place; lieu ╚portfolio ╚hat ╚capacity
	3	office
			a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities; "the offices of the mass"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚ceremony ╚religious ceremony; religious ritual ╚rite; religious rite ╚office ╚Little Office ╚Divine Office
	4	office, business office
			place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed; "he rented an office in the new building"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚structure; construction ╚establishment ╚place of business; business establishment ╚office, business office ╚shipping office ╚newsroom ╚loan office ╚life office ╚headquarters; central office; main office; home office; home base ╚government office ╚countinghouse ╚box office; ticket office; ticket booth
	5	agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
			an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit; social unit ╚administrative unit; administrative body ╚agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority ╚National Weather Service ╚National Climatic Data Center; NCDC ╚National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; NOAA ╚Bureau of the Census; Census Bureau ╚Nonproliferation Center; NPC ╚Counterterrorist Center; CTC ╚Center for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC ╚Food and Drug Administration; FDA ╚executive agency ╚United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; USACIL ╚Naval Research Laboratory; NRL ╚Army High Performance Computing Research Center; AHPCRC ╚Air Force Research Laboratory; AFRL
	6	office, office staff
			professional or clerical workers in an office; "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚force; personnel ╚staff ╚office, office staff
	7	office, power
			(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
		Category Tree: state ╚office, power ╚war power ╚executive clemency

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