Official
[ə'fɪʃ(ə)l] or [o'fɪʃəl]
Definition
(noun.) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; 'the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling'.
(noun.) a worker who holds or is invested with an office.
(adj.) having official authority or sanction; 'official permission'; 'an official representative' .
(adj.) verified officially; 'the election returns are now official' .
(adj.) (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution .
(adj.) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; 'in prescribed order' .
(adj.) of or relating to an office; 'official privileges' .
Editor: Pratt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
(n.) Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; as, an official statement or report.
(n.) Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
(n.) Discharging an office or function.
(a.) One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
(a.) An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
Checker: Salvatore
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Authoritative, by authority.
n. Functionary, officer, magistrate.
Editor: Terence
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See OFFICER]
SYN:Administrative, authoritative, negotiative, functional, professional
ANT:Private, unofficial, unprofessional
Checked by Juliana
Examples
- That stupendous character looked at him, in the course of his official looking at the dinners, in a manner that Mr Dorrit considered questionable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The lines never change, replied the official. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The early official history of the Royal Society (Sprat, 1667) says that this proposal hastened very much the adopt ion of a plan of organization. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Here the official time was taken by officers of the Signal Corps. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This desecration was not the act of some isolated fanatic; it was the official act of the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- My Walworth sentiments must be taken at Walworth; none but my official sentiments can be taken in this office. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If we are discouraged it is because we tend to identify statecraft with that official government which is merely one of its instruments. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nor was any new office created or any new official title invented for his benefit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were some letters, an official one, and some others. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The official turned towards him with sudden distrust. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She found in an upper-class official, Calonne, her ideal minister of finance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Official sentiments are one thing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I will represent the official police until their arrival. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As in the Indian civilization, the leading class is an intellectual one; less priestly than the Brahmin and more official. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is Jarvis Lorry who has alighted and stands with his hand on the coach door, replying to a group of officials. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Is it any wonder that its captains and commanders and officials, nay, even its clerks and common soldiers, came back to England loaded with spoils? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Public officials do not become political marionettes, though people pretend that they are. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I gave the name of a hotel one of the officials had recommended to the driver. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Emperor Constantine writes to one of his officials: We need as many e ngineers as possible. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Besides the members of the Cabinet there are two, or possibly three, departmental officials who know of the letter. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Moreover, the military power that stands behind these officials has developed neither in character nor intelligence during the last century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I wondered over our helplessness, for I was during a period one of those officials. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It has been asserted by some city health officials that many cases of typhoid fever in cities can be traced to the unsanitary conditions existing in summer resorts. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It was generally supposed that these two officials formed the complement of each other. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Each assembly had its own officials; the former, the consuls, etc. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- That means a good deal more than that elected officials must rule for the majority. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Many of his officials, particularly his provincial officials, had great subordinate establishments, and were constantly tending to become independent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A very large proportion of the presidents and leading officials of the great railroad systems are old telegraphers, including Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- After that the Western Union officials gave the most careful consideration to every new invention that Edison brought them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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