official
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈfɪʃəl/
official
- Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
- official duties
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
- an official statement or report
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- The Official Strategy Guide
- (pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
- an official drug or preparation
- Discharging an office or function.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
- Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- (slang) True, real, beyond doubt.
- Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
- French: officiel
- German: offiziell, amtlich, dienstlich
- Italian: ufficiale
- Portuguese: oficial
- Russian: официа́льный
- Spanish: oficial
official (plural officials)
- An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
- David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.
- Last year, Yulong Snow Mountain park officials reported that 2.6 million visitors came to the mountain.
- A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
- In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.
- French: cadre, fonctionnaire
- German: Beamter, Beamtin
- Italian: funzionario
- Portuguese: oficial, funcionário
- Russian: официа́льное лицо́
- Spanish: funcionario
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