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official

[uh-fish-uhl]

noun

  1. a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.



adjective

  1. of or relating to an office or position of duty, trust, or authority.

    official powers.

  2. authorized or issued authoritatively.

    an official report.

  3. holding office.

  4. appointed or authorized to act in a designated capacity.

    an official representative.

  5. (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.

  6. 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

/ əˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to an office, its administration, or its duration

  2. sanctioned by, recognized by, or derived from authority

    an official statement

  3. appointed by authority, esp for some special duty

  4. having a formal ceremonial character

    an official dinner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who holds a position in an organization, government department, etc, esp a subordinate position

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Official

2

/ əˈɪʃə /

adjective

  1. 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)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a member of the Official IRA and Sinn Féin

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ 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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of official1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Late Latin Ǵڴھ “of duty,” equivalent to Latin offici(um) “service, duty” + - adjective suffix; office, -al 1
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"This is big, I must say, because we never had visits from a president at all, and it's very welcomed," says veteran Greenlandic official, Kaj Kleist.

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Meanwhile, officials at the BJ Medical College have started to vacate several wards of the hostel, near which the plane struck.

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In Minnesota, officials confirmed the fatal shooting of former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and the wounding of state Sen. John Hoffman was politically motivated.

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Iranian state TV reported 60 people had been killed in a strike in Tehran, while in Israel, officials said three people had been killed and dozens injured.

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On Saturday, an Iranian health ministry official said around 800 people had been injured.

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