Collocations for office - noun

big, huge, large, spacious | cramped, small, tiny | plush | high-rise | five-storey,
ten-storey, etc. | glass-fronted,

glass-walled | busy, noisy | open-plan | air-conditioned | electronic, paperless | permanent, temporary
The company set up its first permanent offices in the city centre.

private
The prime minister arranged a meeting in his private office.

central, head, main | area, branch, district, local, overseas, regional, subsidiary | administrative, editorial, press, sales, etc. | council, government, newspaper, etc.

manage, run, supervise | come/go into, come/go to
I sometimes go into the office on Saturdays when we''re busy.

arrive at, get to | leave
What time do you usually leave the office?

job, work | hours
Call this number outside normal office hours.

colleague, staff, worker | life | gossip, politics | party
We have an office party every Christmas.

administrator, assistant, cleaner, clerk, manager | boy, girl, junior
(all old-fashioned)

desk, door, equipment, furniture, safe, shredder, software, stationery | system, technology | environment
Working in a busy office environment can be stressful.

accommodation, block, building, complex, development, premises, space, suite
The old warehouses have been redeveloped for office accommodation.

facilities, services
The conference centre provides office facilities such as computers and faxes.

expenses, overheads | administration, management | skills | procedures, routine

at the ~
I sometimes have to stay late at the office.

in the ~
I''m sorry, Mr Anders is not in the office today.

exalted, great, high, important | minor | lucrative, prestigious | hereditary | national, public | ecclesiastical, judicial, ministerial, political

run for, stand for
He ran for office in the last presidential election.

hold, remain in, retain, stay in
The president holds office for a period of four years.

be appointed to, be elected to | be re-elected to, be returned to
The government was returned to office by a large majority.

assume, be sworn into, come into, come to, enter, take, take up
Martin was sworn into office as prime minister in March. | The Labour Party took office in 1997.

give up, leave, lose, relinquish, resign from, retire from, vacate | be driven from, be forced from, be removed from, be suspended from, be turned out of

holder

in ~
The government seemed likely to remain in office for the next five years.

out of ~
breaking promises made when out of office

a candidate for office, duties of the office, a term of office
to be re-elected for a second term of office