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PRONUNCIATION OF SCOTTISH OFFICE

Scottish Office  [ˈskɒtɪʃ ˈɒfɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCOTTISH OFFICE

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Scottish Office is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SCOTTISH OFFICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scottish Office

Scottish Office

The Scottish Office was a department of the United Kingdom Government from 1885 until 1999, exercising a wide range of government functions in relation to Scotland under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland. Following the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, most of its work was transferred to the newly established Scottish Executive, with a small residue of functions retained by the Scotland Office. Scottish Office buildings in London & Edinburgh St Andrew's House, Calton Hill, Edinburgh Victoria Quay, Scotland, Leith, Edinburgh Dover House, Whitehall, London...

Definition of Scottish Office in the English dictionary

The definition of Scottish Office in the dictionary is the Scottish Office a department of the UK government under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland, responsible for a wide range of functions relating to Scotland. Most of these are now the responsibility of the Scottish government; the others are the responsibility of the Scotland Office.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCOTTISH OFFICE


air-to-surface
ˈɛətəˌsɜːfɪs
artifice
ˈɑːtɪfɪs
back-office
ˈbækˌɒfɪs
edifice
ˈɛdɪfɪs
interoffice
ˌɪntərˈɒfɪs
Memphis
ˈmɛmfɪs
office
ˈɒfɪs
orifice
ˈɒrɪfɪs
preface
ˈprɛfɪs
surface
ˈsɜːfɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCOTTISH OFFICE

Scott
Scotticism
Scottie
Scotties
Scottish
Scottish Blackface
Scottish Borders
Scottish Certificate of Education
Scottish country dancing
Scottish Fold
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish National Party
Scottish Nationalism
Scottish Nationalist
Scottish Parliament
Scottish Secretary
Scottish terrier
Scottish topaz
Scotty
Scotus

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCOTTISH OFFICE

back office
box office
branch office
front office
head office
head post office
Home Office
in office
main office
out of office
Oval Office
Patent Office
post office
press office
public prosecutor´s office
registered office
sacrifice
suffice
the office
the Oval Office
the Stationery Office

Synonyms and antonyms of Scottish Office in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Scottish Office» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCOTTISH OFFICE

Find out the translation of Scottish Office to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Scottish Office from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Scottish Office» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

苏格兰办公室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Scottish Office
570 millions of speakers

English

Scottish Office
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्कॉटिश कार्यालय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مكتب الاسكتلندي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шотландский офис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Gabinete da Escócia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্কটিশ অফিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Scottish Office
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pejabat Scotland
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Scottish Office
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スコットランドのオフィス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스코틀랜드 사무실
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kantor Skotlandia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Văn phòng Scotland
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்காட்டிஷ் அலுவலகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कॉटिश कार्यालय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İskoç Bürosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Scottish Office
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Szkocki Urząd
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шотландський офіс
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Biroul scoțian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Γραφείο της Σκωτίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Skotse Kantoor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Scottish Office
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Scottish Kontor
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Scottish Office

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOTTISH OFFICE»

The term «Scottish Office» is regularly used and occupies the 106.763 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCOTTISH OFFICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Scottish Office» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Scottish Office» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Scottish Office

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCOTTISH OFFICE»

Discover the use of Scottish Office in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Scottish Office and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scottish Government and Politics: An Introduction
The senior civil servants within the Scottish Executive administration exhibit considerable levels of continuity with the former Scottish Office and with the civil service machine generally. The Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Executive, Muir ...
Peter Lynch, 2001
2
Scottish Education in the Twentieth Century
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (2000), Scots Universities Ahead of UK on Access, press release PRHE i i/oo, Edinburgh: SHEFC. Scottish Household Survey web site, www.scotland.gov.uk/shs/. Scottish Office (1996), Government ...
Lindsay Paterson, 2003
3
Scottish Local Government
Scottish Office (1958), Local Government in Scotland, Edinburgh: HMSO. Scottish Office (1991), The Structure of Local Government in Scotland: The Case for Change - Principles of the New System, Edinburgh: HMSO. Scottish Office (1992)  ...
Allan McConnell, 2004
4
The Scottish Political System
Marlborough College; Oxford University. Scottish Office since 1949. Recreation: maps. Clubs: Royal Commonwealth Society (London). New (Edinburgh). Secretary. Scottish Home and Health Department: A. (Archie) L. Rennie. Born 1924 in ...
‎1989
5
The Scottish Question
Some boards continued to exist and the departments were still formally separate from the Scottish Office. Additionally, the state continued to develop and rumblings suggested dissatisfaction with the way Scotland was governed. Home rule ...
James Mitchell, 2014
6
The Oxford Companion to Scottish History
CAMcK Scottish Office. The founding of the Scottish Office in 1885 began a process of administrative reorganization and consolidation. Prior to that date and for some time thereafter, Scottish central administration was dealt with through a  ...
Michael Lynch, 2001
7
Living in Scotland: Social and Economic Change Since 1980
Scottish Office (1988), Scottish Abstract of Statistics 1987, Edinburgh: HMSO. Scottish Office (1992a), Scottish Abstract of Statistics 1991, Edinburgh: HMSO. Scottish Office (1992b), Scottish Higher Education Statistics, Statistical Bulletin Edn/ ...
Lindsay Paterson, Frank Bechhofer, David McCrone, 2004
8
Managing Scotland's Environment
Scottish Executive. 200 le. A Draft Scottish Outdoor Access Code. The Stationery Office, Edinburgh. Scottish Office. 1992. Rural Framework. Scottish Office, Edinburgh. Scottish Office. 1995. Rural Scotland: People, Prosperity and Partnership.
Charles R. Warren, 2002
9
Social Work in the British Isles
Scottish Office (1991) The Report of the Inquiry into rhe Removal of Children From Orkney in February 1991 The Clyde Report. Edinburgh: HMSO. Scottish Office (1995) 'The New Councils.' In J. English (ed) (1998) Social Services in Scotland.
Malcolm Payne, Steven Shardlow, 2002
10
Social Town Planning
Rural Forum and Rural Research Branch (1997) Community Involvement in Rural Development Initiatives: Good Practice in Rural Development, no. 2, Edinburgh: Scottish Office Central Research Unit. Russo, A., Mohanty, C.T. and Torres, ...
Clara Greed, 2002

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCOTTISH OFFICE»

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Scottish independence: 'Own currency needed' claim
However, Mr Cuthbert, a former Treasury and Scottish Office adviser, highlighted debt-ridden Greece as an example of a country that suffered due to its ... «Scotsman, Sep 13»
2
Gavin McCrone: indy would be costly...but No vote will mean no …
Gavin McCrone, former chief economic adviser to the Scottish Office who also led the industry and development departments of the Scottish Government, has ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 13»

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