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official
[uh-fish-uhl]
adjective
of or relating to an office or position of duty, trust, or authority.
official powers.
authorized or issued authoritatively.
an official report.
holding office.
appointed or authorized to act in a designated capacity.
an official representative.
(of an activity or event) intended for the notice of the public and performed or held on behalf of officials or of an organization; formal.
the official opening of a store.
Pharmacology., noting drugs or drug preparations that are recognized by and that conform to the standards of the United States Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary.
official
1/ əˈfɪʃəl /
adjective
of or relating to an office, its administration, or its duration
sanctioned by, recognized by, or derived from authority
an official statement
appointed by authority, esp for some special duty
having a formal ceremonial character
an official dinner
noun
a person who holds a position in an organization, government department, etc, esp a subordinate position
Official
2/ əˈfɪʃəl /
adjective
of or relating to one of the two factions of the IRA and Sinn Féin, created by a split in 1969. The Official movement subsequently renounced terrorism and entered constitutional politics in the Irish Republic as the Workers' Party (now the Democratic Left)
noun
a member of the Official IRA and Sinn Féin
Other Word Forms
- officially adverb
- nonofficial adjective
- nonofficially adverb
- preofficial adjective
- preofficially adverb
- pseudoofficial adjective
- pseudoofficially adverb
- quasi-official adjective
- quasi-officially adverb
- subofficial noun
- subofficially adverb
- underofficial adjective
- unofficial adjective
- unofficially adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
GOP officials in Mississippi have appealed to the high court to save a state law that allows for the counting of absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received up to five business days later.
But after returning home to find county and state officials passing anti-immigrant laws, she didn’t join the resistance, as many Latinos of that era did.
Talwani’s argument, in part, was that her order denying a pause would provide Justice Department officials the legal authority to continue litigating the case despite the shutdown.
Such promises came with no assurance the shirts were official and, more often than not, they weren't.
Mediators are discussing sending an initial group of 1,000 Palestinian police trained by Egypt and Jordan to help provide security in Gaza, Arab officials say.
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