bu·reau (by r  )n. pl. bu·reaus or bu·reaux (- z) 1. A chest of drawers, especially a dresser for holding clothes. 2. Chiefly British A writing desk or writing table with drawers. 3. a. A government department or a subdivision of a department. b. An office, usually of a large organization, that is responsible for a specific duty: a news bureau. c. A business that offers information of a specified kind: a travel bureau. [French, cloth cover for desks, desk, office, from Old French burel, woolen cloth, probably from Vulgar Latin *b  ra, from Late Latin burra, shaggy garment.] |
bureau [byew-roe, -rose]
Noun
pl -reaus or -reaux
1. an office or agency, esp. one providing services for the public
2. US a government department
3. Chiefly Brit a writing desk with pigeonholes and drawers against which the writing surface can be closed when not in use
4. US a chest of drawers [French]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  bureau - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities executive agency - an agency of the executive branch of government FDA, Food and Drug Administration - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases) Counterterrorist Center, CTC - an agency that helps the Director of Central Intelligence coordinate counterterrorist efforts in order to preempt and disrupt and defeat terrorist activities at the earliest possible stage Nonproliferation Center, NPC - an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems Bureau of the Census, Census Bureau - the bureau of the Commerce Department responsible for taking the census; provides demographic information and analyses about the population of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA - an agency in the Department of Commerce that maps the oceans and conserves their living resources; predicts changes to the earth's environment; provides weather reports and forecasts floods and hurricanes and other natural disasters related to weather National Climatic Data Center, NCDC - the part of NOAA that maintains the world's largest active archive of weather data National Weather Service - the federal agency in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that is responsible for weather forecast and preparation of weather maps Technology Administration - an agency in the Department of Commerce that works with United States industries to promote competitiveness and maximize the impact of technology on economic growth National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST - an agency in the Technology Administration that makes measurements and sets standards as needed by industry or government programs National Technical Information Service, NTIS - an agency in the Technology Administration that is a primary resource for government-funded scientific and technical and engineering and business related information DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11 Department of Defense Laboratory System, LABLINK - a defense laboratory that provides essential services in fundamental science for national security and environmental protection and provides technologies that contribute to industrial competitiveness Department of Energy Intelligence, DOEI - an agency that collects political and economic and technical information about energy matters and makes the Department of Energy's technical and analytical expertise available to other members of the Intelligence Community PHS, United States Public Health Service - an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health National Institutes of Health, NIH - an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services whose mission is to employ science in the pursuit of knowledge to improve human health; is the principal biomedical research agency of the federal government BJA, Bureau of Justice Assistance - the bureau in the Department of Justice that assists local criminal justice systems to reduce or prevent crime and violence and drug abuse BJS, Bureau of Justice Statistics - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol - the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community |
| 2. |  bureau - furniture with drawers for keeping clotheschiffonier, commode - a tall elegant chest of drawers drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room" lowboy - a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects |
bureau
noun 1. agency,
noun 3. desk, writing desk
Translations
bureau [ˈbjuərəu] [bureaux , pl ] n (Brit) (writing desk) → Sekretär m;
(US) (chest of drawers) → Kommode f;
(office) → Büro nt
bureau [pl bureaux] [ˈbjuərəu,-z] n (BRIT) (writing desk) → scrivania;
(US) (= chest of drawers); cassettone m;
n bureau [ˈbjuərəu]
1 a writing-desk with drawers. skryftafel مِنْضَدَةُ كِتابَه писалищна маса psací stůl skrivebord das Schreibpult γραφείο (έπιπλο) escritorio kirjutuslaud میزتحریر کشو دار kirjoituslipasto bureau שֻלְחָן כְּתְיבָה @@@שוּלְחָן כְּתִיבָה$$$ लिखने की मेज, दफ्तर, विभाग pisaći stol íróasztal meja tulis skrifborð scrivania 引き出し付の机 사무용 책상 rašomasis stalas rakstāmgalds meja tulis berlaci bureau skrivebord, skatoll biurko, sekretarzyk escrivaninha birou бюро písací stôl pisalna miza pisaći sto sekretär, skrivbord โต๊ะเขียนหนังสือที่มีลิ้นชัก yazı masası 有抽屜的辦公桌 бюро, конторка درازوں والا لکھنے کی میز bàn giấy 有抽屉的办公桌
2 (American) a chest of drawers. laaikas دُرج скрин prádelník kommode die Kommode συρταριέρα cómoda kummut گنجۀ کشو دار lipasto commode שִׁידָה दराज komoda fiókos szekrény lemari laci kommóða cassettone たんす (침실용) 옷장 komoda kumode almari berlaci ladenkast kommode komoda cómoda scrin, comodă комод bielizník predalnik komoda byrå ชั้นที่มีลิ้นชัก aynalı şifonyer 衣櫃 комод درازوں والی الماری tủ có ngăn kéo 衣柜
3 an office for collecting and supplying information etc a travel bureau. buro مَكْتَب дирекция kancelář bureau das Büro γραφείο agencia büroo اداره؛ دفتر toimisto bureau מִשְרָד सूचना इत्यादि जमा करने और देने का कार्यालय ured iroda biro, kantor (ferða)skriftofa agenzia 事務所 사무소 biuras birojs biro bureau byrå biuro agência birou, oficiu бюро kancelária urad biro ämbetsverk, byrå สำนักงาน büro, acenta 社，所，辦公署 контора, бюро سرکاری محکمہ cục; nha; vụ 社，所，（美）局，办公署
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