official
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
official (comparative more official, superlative most 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.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
- 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.
- (informal) True, real, beyond doubt.
- Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
- (pharmacology) Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- antiofficial
- co-official
- ex-official
- extraofficial
- Facebook official
- inofficial
- nonofficial
- non-official
- official at-bat
- official cover
- official gazette
- Official IRA
- officialise/-ize, -isation/-ization
- officialism
- officiality
- officiality
- official language
- officially
- officialness
- official passport
- official scorer
- semi-official
Related terms edit
Translations edit
of or pertaining to an office or public trust
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derived from the proper office
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approved by authority
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(of alleged truth) canonical but disputed
appointed to be used in medicine — see officinal
discharging an office or function
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relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant
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relating to an ecclesiastical judge
Noun edit
official (plural officials)
- 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.
- 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III:
- ...officials with their prehensile bottoms...
- 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
- If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets […] Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
office holder invested with powers and authorities
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Translations to be checked: "an employee of the public authorities who acts in an official capacity and with certain powers and authorities"
person responsible for applying the rules in a competition
Further reading edit
- “official”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “official”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French official, from Latin officiālis; equivalent to office + -al.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
official (plural officials)
- An underling of a member of the clergy, often heading a clerical court.
- A hireling or subordinate; one employed to serve, especially at an estate.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “officiāl, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.
Adjective edit
official (plural and weak singular officiale)
- (of body parts) Functional; serving a purpose.
- (rare) Requisite or mandatory for a task.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “officiāl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-20.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
official oblique singular, m (oblique plural officiaus or officiax or officials, nominative singular officiaus or officiax or officials, nominative plural official)
Adjective edit
official m (oblique and nominative feminine singular officiale)
- official; certified or permitted by an authoritative source
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 182 of this essay:
- tumeur c’est maladie officiale
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Adjective edit
official m or f (plural officiaes)
Noun edit
official m or f by sense (plural officiaes)
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