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out-of-offices

out-of-offices is the plural of out-of-office.

Meaning of out-of-office

Noun

out-of-office (plural out-of-offices)

  1. (Internet) An email auto-reply informing people that the person they are trying to contact is not working and unavailable for an extended period of time.
    • There are poetic out-of-offices and humorous (or supposedly humorous) out-of-offices. There are out-of-offices that boast or complain about the person’s likely whereabouts (Bali! Jury duty.).2015 August 27, Emily Gould, “The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply”, in The New York Times

Questions about out-of-offices

What is out-of-offices the plural of?
Out-of-offices is the plural of out-of-office.

Words near out-of-offices in the dictionary

  1. out-of-date
  2. out-of-dateness
  3. out-of-door
  4. out-of-doors
  5. out-of-office
  6. out-of-offices
  7. out-of-order
  8. out-of-place
  9. out-of-placeness
  10. out-of-pocket
  11. out-of-print

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