OFFICIAL
\əfˈɪʃə͡l], \əfˈɪʃəl], \ə_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_əl]\
Definitions of OFFICIAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
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having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"
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(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
By Princeton University
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someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
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having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"
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(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
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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.
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Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
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Discharging an office or function.
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One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
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An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.
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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.
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Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
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Discharging an office or function.
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One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
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An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
By Noah Webster.
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One who holds a public position or performs duties of a public nature.
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Pertaining to an office or public duty; as, official business; derived from the proper authority; authorized; as, an official statement.
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Officially.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Officially.
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Pertaining to an office: depending on the proper office or authority: done by authority.
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One who holds an office: a subordinate public officer: the deputy of a bishop, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Authorized by pharmacopcias and recognized formularies.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland