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Official

//əˈfɪʃ(ə)l// adj, noun, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or about an office or public trust.

    "official duties"

  2. 2
    Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority

    "an official statement or report"

  3. 3
    Approved by authority; authorized.

    "The Official Strategy Guide"

  4. 4
    Approved by authority; authorized.; Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon.

    "Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death."

  5. 5
    Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.

    "an official drug or preparation"

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  1. 6
    Discharging an office or function.

    "the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition"

  2. 7
    Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
  3. 8
    Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
  4. 9
    True, real, beyond doubt. informal

    "Well, it's official: you lost your mind!"

  5. 10
    Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having official authority or sanction wordnet
  2. 2
    verified officially wordnet
  3. 3
    (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution wordnet
  4. 4
    conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline wordnet
  5. 5
    of or relating to an office wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

    "Officials in the Firefly administration assure the Sylvanians they don't want war either."

  2. 2
    someone who administers the rules of a game or sport wordnet
  3. 3
    a worker who holds or is invested with an office wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.

Etymology 2

From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.

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