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1. (n.) official
a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
2. (adj.) official
of or pertaining to an office or position of duty, trust, or authority:
official powers.
3. official
appointed, authorized, or approved by a government or organization.
4. official
holding office.
5. official
public and formal; ceremonial.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < LL officiālis of duty = L offici(um)office+-ālis -al1)
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1. (noun) official, functionary
a worker who holds or is invested with an office
2. (adj) official
someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
3. (adj) official
having official authority or sanction
"official permission"; "an official representative"
4. (adj) official
of or relating to an office
"official privileges"
5. (adj) official
verified officially
"the election returns are now official"
6. (adj) official, prescribed
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
"in prescribed order"
7. (adj) official
(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
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1. (adjective) official
authorized or allowed by an organization or person with authority
an official statement/document from the president; official recognition; the band's official website
2. official
(of a reason, statement, etc.) given but considered likely to be untrue
the official reason given for the changes
3. official
relating to the things connected with sb's job
his official duties
4. official
it's official
indicates a piece of information has been confirmed to the public
It's official - she's pregnant.; a new drug that has been officially approved; Officially, they're saying the singer is just resting.
5. (noun) official
sb representing an organization at a high level
White House officials
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Sense: of or concerning a position of authority
official powers; official uniform.
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 Afrikaans: amptelike, ampsagtig |
 Arabic: رَسْمي |
 Bulgarian: официален |
 Brazilian: oficial |
 Czech: úřední |
 German: Amts-..., Dienst-... |
 Danish: officiel |
 Greek: υπηρεσιακός, επίσημος |
 Spanish: oficial |
 Estonian: ameti- |
 Farsi: اداری |
 Finnish: virka- |
 French: officiel |
 Hebrew: רִשמִי |
 Hindi: आधिकारिक |
 Croatian: službeni |
 Hungarian: hivatalos |
 Indonesian: resmi |
 Icelandic: embættis- |
 Italian: ufficiale |
 Japanese: 公の |
 Korean: 공인의, 공식의 |
 Lithuanian: tarnybinis |
 Latvian: oficiāls |
 Malay: rasmi |
 Dutch: officieel, ambts- |
 Norwegian: offisiell, embets-, tjene |
 Polish: urzędowy |
 Persian: اداری |
 Pashto: ادارى |
 Portuguese: oficial |
 Romanian: oficial |
 Russian: служебный, должностной |
 Slovak: úradník |
 Slovenian: uraden |
 Serbian: zvaničan |
 Swedish: ämbets-, ämbetsmanna-, tj |
 Thai: ทางราชการ |
 Turkish: resmî |
 Taiwanese: 公務的，職權上的，公職的 |
 Ukrainian: службовий; посадовий |
 Urdu: منصبي |
 Vietnamese: thuộc chính quyền |
 Chinese: 公务上的，职权上的 |
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