interoffice

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adjective

Taking place between different offices of a single organization or company.

“I was interofficed the memo.”

OriginEnglish office ← Latin inter- ← Proto-Italic *n̥ter →
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Meanings

adjectiveinteroffice (not comparable)
  1. not comparableTaking place between different offices of a single organization or company.
verbinteroffice (third-person singular simple present interoffices, present participle interofficing, simple past and past participle interofficed)

present singular third person interoffices · participle present interofficing · participle past interofficed · past interofficed

  1. To send something between different offices in an organization.

    I was interofficed the memo.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Englishoffice
  8. Englishinteroffice

From inter- + office.

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APA

interoffice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interoffice

MLA

“interoffice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interoffice. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interoffice,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interoffice.

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