official

Etymology

Definitions

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

   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

   Approved by authority; authorized.

   • The Official Strategy Guide
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   1. 4

      Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia

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

      • an official drug or preparation
   2. 5

      Discharging an office or function.

      • the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
   3. 6

      Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

   4. 7

      Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc.,…

      Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

   5. 8

      True, real, beyond doubt.

      • Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
   6. 9

      Listed in a national pharmacopeia.

   7. 10

      An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other…

      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.
      • In most soccer games, there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.
      • The company's officials became nabobs as it took on more and more power after Plassey.

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