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Definition of Official
1. Adjective. Having official authority or sanction. "An official representative"
Similar to: Authorised, Authoritative, Authorized, Ex Officio, Formal, Formalised, Formalized, Semiofficial
Derivative terms: Office
Antonyms: Unofficial
2. Noun. A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
Specialized synonyms: Apparatchik, Appointee, Bailiff, Beadle, Administrative Official, Bureaucrat, Caretaker, Censor, Census Taker, Enumerator, Church Officer, City Father, Civil Servant, Commissar, Political Commissar, Comptroller General, Comptroller Of The Currency, Diplomat, Diplomatist, Elected Official, Equerry, Fire Marshall, Fire Warden, Forest Fire Fighter, Ranger, Hearing Examiner, Hearing Officer, Hangover, Holdover, Incumbent, Officeholder, Inquisitor, Invalidator, Nullifier, Voider, Judge, Jurist, Justice, Licenser, Mace, Macebearer, Macer, Mandarin, Notary, Notary Public, Noticer, Officeholder, Officer, Agent, Federal Agent, Provincial, Postmaster General, Proconsul, Prosecuting Attorney, Prosecuting Officer, Prosecutor, Public Prosecutor, Quaestor, Recruiter, Record-keeper, Recorder, Registrar, Regulator, Returning Officer, Sealer, Searcher, Teller, Vote Counter, Town Clerk, Doorkeeper, Usher, Vizier, Weigher
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Derivative terms: Function, Officialdom
3. Adjective. Of or relating to an office. "Official privileges"
4. Noun. Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport. "The golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
Specialized synonyms: Football Official, Linesman, Ref, Referee, Scorekeeper, Scorer, Dispatcher, Starter, Timekeeper, Timer, Ump, Umpire
5. Adjective. Verified officially. "The election returns are now official"
6. Adjective. Conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline. "In prescribed order"
7. Adjective. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution.
Definition of Official
1. a. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
2. n. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
Definition of Official
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. ¹
2. Adjective. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority ¹
3. Adjective. Approved by authority; authorized. ¹
4. Adjective. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal ¹
5. Adjective. Discharging an office or function. ¹
6. Adjective. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant. ¹
7. Adjective. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. ¹
8. Noun. An office holder invested with powers and authorities. ¹
9. Noun. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Official
1. one that holds a position of authority [n -S]
Medical Definition of Official
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1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. "That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate." (Shak)
2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Official
Literary usage of Official
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Innocents Abroad; Or, The New Pilgrim's Progress: Being Some Account of by Mark Twain (1884)
"If by any possibility you have managed to take the wrong train, you will be handed
over to a polite official who will take you whither you belong, ..."
2. Selections from Strabo: With an Introduction on Strabo's Life and Works by Strabo, Henry Fanshawe Tozer (1893)
"The description here given of the official system of the Indians, numerous details
of which are confirmed by the ancient Hindoo codes of law, gives evidence ..."
3. The Science of Railways by Marshall Monroe Kirkman (1904)
"Its official adoption and recognition by him made its adoption general. The great
amount of research and labor that attended this exposition is amply repaid ..."
4. A Summary of the Law of Companies by Thomas Eustace Smith (1891)
"•4 The, official Receiver and his duties prior to the appointment of a Liquidator.
On a winding-up order being made, the official receiver) Provisional if ..."
5. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... Lepidus, Popilius, and Publius. Antony keeps R, so that Trebonius can easily
persuade him to go off R in consultation, about some official matter. ..."
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