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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
Although bandits have no ideological leaning and are motivated by financial gain, their close alliance with jihadists waging an armed rebellion in the northeast has alarmed officials and security experts.
Georgian prosecutors raided the homes of some of the country's most powerful former officials on Friday, including ex–prime minister Irakli Garibashvili, signalling what may be a shakeup within the country's ruling elite.
However, their vantage point on the health of the world economy has been clouded since the start of the month by the lack of available official data due to the ongoing US government shutdown.
It is also in keeping with the Justice Department’s tradition of aggressively prosecuting government officials who allegedly mishandle classified information.
It’s official: You’ve lived long enough to see the age of flying cars—privately owned, solo-piloted aircraft, free to operate in unrestricted airspace, much as cars can take to the open road.
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