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   official

   /əˈfɪʃl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities: "the prime minister's official engagements" Similar ceremonialformalsolemnritualisticceremoniouspompousstiffbureaucraticproperinformal:stuffed-shirtOpposite informal
   • ▪ having the approval or authorization of an authority or public body: "members would know when industrial action is official" Similar authorizedaccreditedapprovedvalidatedauthenticatedauthenticcertifiedendorseddocumentedsanctionedlicensedformalrecognizedauthoritativeacceptedverifiedlegitimatelegallawfulvalidbona fidepropertrueex cathedrasigned, sealed, and deliveredsigned and sealedinformal:kosherOpposite unofficialunauthorized
   • ▪ employed by an authority or public body in a position of authority: "an official spokesman"

   noun

   • 1. a person holding public office or having official duties, especially as a representative of an organization or government department: "a union official"
   • ▪ the presiding officer or judge of an archbishop's, bishop's, or archdeacon's court.

   Word Origin Middle English (originally as a noun): via Old French from Latin officialis, from officium (see office).

   Derivatives

   • 1. officialism noun

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   What does official mean?

   • Pick the best words! Hope you’ve saved room for some sweet vocabulary. The meaning of OFFICIAL is one who holds or is invested with an office : officer. How to use official in a sentence.

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   What are official things?

   • Official things are used by a person in authority as part of their job. ...the official residence of the Head of State. If you describe someone's explanation or reason for something as the official explanation, you are suggesting that it is probably not true, but is used because the real explanation is embarrassing.

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   Who is a government official?

   • An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization, especially a government department or a trade union. Government officials have rejected calls for international intervention. Management and union officials agreed to go to the Labour Relations Commission today.

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   What does official mean in sports?

   • An official is a person who holds a position of authority in an organization. A senior U.N. official hopes to visit Baghdad this month. An official at a sports event is a referee, umpire, or other person who checks that the players follow the rules. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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   What is official adjective?

   • Definition of official adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [usually before noun] agreed to, said, done, etc. by somebody who is in a position of authority The news is not yet official. An official inquiry has been launched into the cause of the accident. The country's official language is Spanish.

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   What is an official explanation?

   • ...the official residence of the Head of State. If you describe someone's explanation or reason for something as the official explanation, you are suggesting that it is probably not true, but is used because the real explanation is embarrassing. The official explanation for the cancellation is that there are no premises available.

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   Official is the real deal. If you want the latest news from Graceland, check the official Elvis Presley website. But you’ll have to look elsewhere to find the unofficial, unapproved, and highly unlikely scoop on Elvis sightings.