Definitions for official
əˈfɪʃ əlof·fi·cial

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.3 / 15 votes

1. official, functionarynoun

   a worker who holds or is invested with an office

2. officialadjective

   someone who administers the rules of a game or sport

   "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

3. officialadjective

   having official authority or sanction

   "official permission"; "an official representative"

4. officialadjective

   of or relating to an office

   "official privileges"

5. officialadjective

   verified officially

   "the election returns are now official"

6. official, prescribedadjective

   conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline

   "in prescribed order"

7. officialadjective

   (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.9 / 8 votes

1. officialnoun

   An office holder invested with powers and authorities.

   David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.

2. officialnoun

   A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

   In most football games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.

3. officialadjective

   Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.

   official duties

4. officialadjective

   Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority

   an official statement or report

5. officialadjective

   Approved by authority; authorized.

6. officialadjective

   sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal

   an official drug or preparation

7. officialadjective

   Discharging an office or function.

8. officialadjective

   Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

9. officialadjective

   Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

10. Etymology: From official, from officium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Officialadjective

   Etymology: official, Fr. from office.

   1. Conducive; appropriate with regard to their use.

   In this animal are the guts, the stomach, and other parts official unto nutrition, which, were its aliment the empty reception of air, their provisions had been superfluous. Brown.

   2. Pertaining to a publick charge.

   The tribunes
   Endue you with the people’s voice. Remains
   That in th’ official marks invested, you
   Anon do meet the senate. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

2. Officialnoun

   Official is that person to whom the cognizance of causes is committed by such as have ecclesiastical jurisdiction. John Ayliffe

   A poor man found a priest over familiar with his wife, and because he spake it abroad and could not prove it, the priest sued him before the bishop’s official for defamation. William Camden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. official

   An official is a person who holds a position of authority or responsibility in a government, organization, institution, or corporation. This could be a public office, a role within a company, or a position within a group or society. An official's duties and powers are usually defined by the rules or laws of their organization. Additionally, "official" can also refer to something that is formally recognized, approved, or authorized by a person in authority or by a governing body.

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. Official

   An official is someone who holds an office in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority. A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election, appointment, selection, or employment. A bureaucrat is a member of the bureaucracy. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ex officio. Some official positions may be inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent. The word official as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French official, from the Latin officialis, the noun use of the original adjective officialis from officium. The meaning "person in charge of some public work or duty" was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested in English in 1533, via the Old French oficial.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. official

   All orders, reports, applications, memorials, etc., which pass through the regular channels of communication, are called official.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. official

   A document with power or authority defined in a form of agreement or legislation.

   The treaty is official and registered in legislation.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 23, 2020  

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   official

   A person with power or authority defined in legislation.

   The government official is so respectful and understands the importance of the peoples perception and truth.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 16, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Church
   • Skilled Worker

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'official' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1303

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'official' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3525

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'official' in Nouns Frequency: #573

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'official' in Adjectives Frequency: #160

How to pronounce official?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say official in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of official in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of official in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of official in a Sentence

1. Jason Baron:

   I remain mystified by the fact that the use of a private e-mail account apparently went either unnoticed or unremarked upon during the four-year tenure in office of the former secretary, simply put, where was everyone ? Is there any record indicating that any lawyer, any FOIA officer, any records person, any high-level official ever respectfully confronted the former secretary with reasonable questions about the practice of sending e-mails from a private account ? It is unfathomable to me that this would not have been noticed and reported up the chain.

2. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker:

   Governors aren't about foreign policy, they're about trade, which is exactly what I've done and many other great governors have done across the country, why would we be giving one of our highest honors, an official state visit, to a country that has been involved in something that directly has attacked our own government? It just doesn't make any sense. If anything, we should be taking them to the woodshed on this issue, not to the White House.

3. Virasakdi Futrakul:

   Even though he has refugee status from Australia, there is an official extradition request from Bahrain, which has to go through our judicial process, we do not use political decision in this matter.

4. Chuck Schumer:

   This guilty verdict serves as an official proclamation of what so many of us have known for nearly a year: George Floyd was murdered by an officer who was sworn to protect and serve.

5. John Kirby:

   A Russian official in Baghdad this morning informed U.S. Embassy personnel that Russian military aircraft would begin flying anti-ISIL missions today over Syria, he further requested that U.S. aircraft avoid Syrian airspace during these missions. We've seen media reporting that has suggested Russian missions have begun.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=official
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Official
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=official
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=official
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html