official
noun
- person holding an office
- judge of behavior at a sporting event
- civil servant
adjective
- (as information) declared officially by a recognized person or authority (value used with qualifier P5102)
- properly sanctioned
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /əˈfɪʃəl/ / [əˈfɪʃəl] ~ [əˈfɪʃl̩]
adj
Etymology: From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.
- Of or about an office or public trust.
“official duties”
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
“an official statement or report”
- Approved by authority; authorized.
“The Official Strategy Guide”
- Approved by authority; authorized.
“Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death.”
- Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
“an official drug or preparation”
- Discharging an office or function.
“the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition”
- Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- True, real, beyond doubt.
“Well, it's official: you lost your mind!”
- Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.
- 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.”