Definition of Semiofficial

1. Adjective. Having some official authority or sanction.

Similar to: Official

Definition of Semiofficial

1. a. Half official; having some official authority or importance; as, a semiofficial statement.

Definition of Semiofficial

1. Adjective. Bearing some but not all the power of being official. As a semioffical opinion that is offered as probably correct and accurate but may be overturned on review and replaced by an official statement. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Semiofficial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semiofficial

seminorms
seminude
seminudities
seminudity
seminumerical
seminymph
semiobscure
semiobscurity
semioccasional
semioccasionally
semiocclusive
semiochemical
semiochemicals
semiofficial (current term)
semiofficially
semiographic
semiography
semiologic
semiological
semiologically
semiologies
semiologioal
semiologist
semiologists
semiology
semionarrative
semiopal
semiopals

Literary usage of Semiofficial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletins of the Agricultural Experiment Station: University of Illinois by Agricultural Experiment Station (1917)
"The popularity and extensive use of the seven-day test makes it extremely desirable that the extent to which it may be used as an indication of semiofficial ..."

2. The Methodist Year-book by William Harrison De Puy (1898)
"semiofficial and Unofficial Weeklies. THROUGHOUT the United States various important Methodist publications are issued by associations or as private ..."

3. The Lumber Industry by Luther Conant, United States Bureau of Corporations, Joseph Edward Davies (1914)
"semiofficial LUMBERMAN'S PRINTING Go's. "PRICES CURRENT."— Beginning in 1902 the Lumberman's Printing Co. printed the association "Prices Current" down to ..."

4. Investigation of the Department of the Interior and of the Bureau of by United States Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate the Interior Department and Forestry Service (1910)
"DEAR SIR: In looking through my personal letter files I discovered some leC» and copies of letters that might be considered semiofficial, and I therefore ..."

5. Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1901)
"The German semiofficial papers especially disclaimed any idea of its being ... According to the semiofficial North German Gazette, " Germany does not pledge ..."

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