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public office

Syllables: pub·lic·o·fficeUK/ˈpʌblɪk ˈɒfɪs/US/ˈpʌblɪk ˈɔfɪs/

public office noun: a position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.

Noun

public office (countable and uncountable, plural public offices)

  1. A position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.
    • My son finished law last month, and now aspires to public office.

public office meaning in Tamil, Odia, Assamese and Malay

public office in Tamil

அரசு அலுவலகம், அரசுப் பதவி, அதிகாரம்

public office in Odia

public office
କଚିରି kaciri

public office in Assamese

public office
কাচাৰী kasari

public office in Malay

government position
jawatan awam
More languagesFewer languages
public office in Indonesian
pejabat publik

Forms of public office

pluralpublic offices

Origin of public office

From public + office.

Questions about public office

What does public office mean?
Public office means a position or occupation established by law or by the act of a government body, for the purpose of exercising the authority of the government in the service of the public.
What is public office in Tamil?
Public office in Tamil is அரசு அலுவலகம், அரசுப் பதவி, அதிகாரம். See Public office meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is public office?
Public office is a noun.
How do you pronounce public office?
Public office is pronounced /ˈpʌblɪk ˈɔfɪs/ (US).
What is the plural of public office?
The plural of public office is public offices.

Words near public office in the dictionary

  1. public limited company
  2. public limited liability companies
  3. public limited liability company
  4. public offering
  5. public offerings
  6. public office
  7. public officer
  8. public officers
  9. public offices
  10. public opinion
  11. public orator

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: public office (page history and authors); public office (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କଚିରି (Odia) (page history and authors); কাচাৰী (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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