[
UK
/əfˈɪʃəl/
]
[ US /əˈfɪʃəɫ/ ]
[ US /əˈfɪʃəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
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of or relating to an office
official privileges -
having official authority or sanction
official permission
an official representative -
conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
in prescribed order -
verified officially
the election returns are now official
NOUN
-
someone who administers the rules of a game or sport
the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling - a worker who holds or is invested with an office
How To Use official In A Sentence
- A few years ago Rod and I were being lobbied by a group of officials from a large corporation.
- Use of a University-owned mobile telephone and mobile telephone airtime service is intended for official University business.
- The ICR would have the authority to annul laws or dismiss public officials to uphold the Kosovo settlement.
- ‘Behind the scenes there are still a number of points that deserve attention,’ the unidentified official said, according to the semi-official Central News Agency.
- And on the need for contempt powers, he recounted how officials at times refused to obey the orders.
- This came after scores of pro-Uribe legislators and other officials were indicted on conspiracy charges involving so-called demobilized paramilitaries. Council on Hemispheric Affairs
- Airline officials are calling the attack a suicide attempt.
- Over Fate of Georgia, Provinces With Russian forces appearing to hunker down in Georgia, U.S. and European officials now face a pricklier challenge: Moscow's insistence that it has the right to help break up the country. U.S.-Russia Relations Turn Cold
- It had begun the seventies with the declared intention of contributing 0.7 percent of the gross national product in official aid.
- But what of the emails, text messages and other private communications between government officials which aren't published online -- will Twitter and Facebook help "democratize" that information as well? Is Social Media Helping or Hurting California Politics?