Oval Office

noun

1. the office of the president of the United States, located in the White House.

2. this office regarded as the seat of executive power in the U.S. federal government.

Oval Office

noun

1. the private office of the president of the US, a large oval room in the White House

2. the US presidency

Oval Office

1. An oval-shaped room in the White House that serves as the official office of the president of the United States. Since the presidency of Richard Nixon, the term has been used to refer to the president himself: “The order came directly from the Oval Office.”

Word History and Origins

Origin of Oval Office¹

An Americanism dating back to 1960–65; so called from the shape of the room

Example Sentences

“You look at what the Democrats have done to San Francisco — they’ve destroyed it,” he said in the Oval Office.

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Critics, including a guest essayist for the New York Times, have called his Oval Office remodel a "Gilded Rococo Nightmare".

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The president walked out of the Oval Office with Erika, and remarked it was the first time a public ceremony had been held in the Rose Garden since he paved it over this summer.

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Key to it all was the apology Netanyahu delivered from the Oval Office on Sept. 29.

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According to Stubb, one such call took place the night before Thursday's Oval Office meeting.

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