English Explanatory Dictionary

official

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or about an office or public trust.
  2. Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
  3. Approved by authority; authorized.
  4. Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon.
  5. Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
  6. Discharging an office or function.
  7. Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
  8. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
  9. True, real, beyond doubt.
  10. Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
noun
  1. An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.

Pronunciation

/əˈfɪʃ(ə)l/ en-us-official.ogg

Word forms

official more official most official officials

Etymology

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

Synonyms

approved recognized sanctioned decreed official

Antonyms

unofficial

Related words

office officer officiate match official ruler dignitary

Derived words

antiofficial co-official counterofficial ex-official extraofficial Facebook official inofficial nonofficial non-official official at-bat officialate official cover official gazette Official IRA officialise -ize -isation -ization officialism officialist officiality official language officially official mark officialness official passport official scorer preofficial semi-official subofficial fourth official officialdom officialese officialhood officialship officialty television match official underofficial video official

Translations

Albanian: zyrtar Arabic: رَسْمِيّ Arabic: رَسْمي Armenian: պաշտոնական Azerbaijani: rəsmi Bashkir: рәсми Belarusian: афіцы́йны Belarusian: афіцыя́льны Bengali: সরকারী Bengali: দাপ্তরিক Bulgarian: официа́лен Catalan: oficial Chinese Mandarin: 官方 Chinese Mandarin: 正式 Czech: oficiální Danish: officiel Dutch: officieel Estonian: ametlik Finnish: virallinen French: officiel Georgian: ოფიციალური German: offiziell Greek: επίσημος Hebrew: רִשְׁמִי Hindi: आधिकारिक Hindi: अधिकृत Hungarian: hivatalos Icelandic: opinber Indonesian: resmi Irish: oifigiúil Italian: ufficiale Japanese: 正式な Japanese: 正式の Kazakh: ресми Korean: 공식적 Northern Kurdish: resmî Kyrgyz: ырасмый Kyrgyz: расмий Ladino: ofisial Latvian: oficiāls Lithuanian: oficialus Macedonian: официја́лен Malay: rasmi Malayalam: ഔദ്യോഗിക Maltese: uffiċjal Māori: whaimana Marathi: अधिकृत
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