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official > 7 senses
ADJECTIVE1officialHaving official authority or sanction
2officialOf or relating to an office
3officialVerified officially
4official, prescribedConforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline
5official(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
NOUN1official, functionaryA worker who holds or is invested with an office
2officialSomeone who administers the rules of a game or sport
official > pronunciation
Soundsahfih'shahl
Rhymesabdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website...
official > adjective 1
MeaningHaving official authority or sanction.
Examples"official permission"; "an official representative"
Similarauthoritative, authorized, authorised; ex officio; formal; formalized, formalised; semiofficial
See alsoauthorized, authorised
Contraryunofficial
Adverbsofficially
official > adjective 2, pert
MeaningOf or relating to an office.
Examples"official privileges"
Nounsoffice
official > adjective 3
MeaningVerified officially.
Examples"the election returns are now official"
Similar toconfirmed
official > adjective 4
MeaningConforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline.
Synonymsprescribed
Similar toregular
Adverbsofficially
official > adjective 5
Meaning(of a church) given official status as a national or state institution.
Categorychurch service, church
Similar toestablished, constituted
official > noun 1, person
MeaningA worker who holds or is invested with an office.
Synonymsfunctionary
Narrowerappointee; bailiff; beadle; bureaucrat, administrative official; caretaker; censor; census taker, enumerator; church officer; city father; civil servant; commissar, political commissar; Comptroller General; Comptroller of the Currency; diplomat, diplomatist; elected official; equerry; fire marshall; fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger; hearing examiner, hearing officer; holdover, hangover; incumbent, officeholder; Inquisitor; invalidator, voider, nullifier; judge, justice, jurist, magistrate; licenser; macebearer, mace, macer; mandarin; notary, notary public; noticer; officeholder, officer; agent, federal agent; provincial; postmaster general; proconsul; prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney; quaestor; recruiter; registrar, record-keeper, recorder; regulator; returning officer; sealer; searcher; teller, vote counter; town clerk; usher, doorkeeper; vizier; weigher
Broaderskilled worker, trained worker
official > noun 2, person
MeaningSomeone who administers the rules of a game or sport.
Examples"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
Narrowerfootball official; linesman; referee, ref; scorekeeper, scorer; starter, dispatcher; timekeeper, timer; umpire, ump
Broaderadjudicator

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