Synonyms: berth, billet, spot, situation, position, post, place, office
Definition: a job in an organization
Usage: he occupied a post in the treasury
Similar words: business, job, line, line of work, occupation
Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Usage: he's not in my line of business
Synonyms: part, office, function, role
Definition: the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
Usage: the function of a teacher; the government must do its part; play its role
Similar words: duty
Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Usage: the duties of the job
Synonyms: office
Definition: a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities
Usage: the offices of the mass
Similar words: religious rite, rite
Definition: an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
Usage: the rite of baptism
Synonyms: business office, office
Definition: place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed
Usage: he rented an office in the new building
Similar words: place of business, business establishment
Definition: an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered
Synonyms: government agency, federal agency, office, bureau, authority, agency
Definition: an administrative unit of government
Usage: the Central Intelligence Agency; the Census Bureau; Office of Management and Budget; Tennessee Valley Authority
Similar words: administrative body, administrative unit
Definition: a unit with administrative responsibilities
Synonyms: office, office staff
Definition: professional or clerical workers in an office
Usage: the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard
Similar words: staff
Definition: personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task
Usage: the hospital has an excellent nursing staff; the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions
Definition: (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
Usage: 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
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state