in office
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
Holding a formal position of employment or appointment.
Example Sentences
- "He had signed several laws since being in office as Governor."
- "The break with tradition that Francis, who has died aged 88 after suffering from double pneumonia, represented even managed to trump the shock value of the resignation of Benedict, who was the first pope for 600 years to take that option rather than die in office. Immediately, Bergoglio signalled unambiguously that he intended to be a different kind of pope, one for the 21st century."