official
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.
Inflected forms:
form: more official
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most official
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: officials
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or about an office or public trust.
pos: adj
examples: official duties
gloss: Derived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
pos: adj
examples: an official statement or report
gloss: Approved by authority; authorized.
pos: adj
examples: The Official Strategy Guide
gloss: Approved by authority; authorized.
pos: adj
examples: Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death.
gloss: Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
pos: adj
examples: an official drug or preparation
gloss: Discharging an office or function.
pos: adj
examples: the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition
gloss: Relating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
pos: adj
gloss: Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
pos: adj
gloss: True, real, beyond doubt.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
gloss: Listed in a national pharmacopeia.
pos: adj
gloss: An office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
The company's officials became nabobs as it took on more and more power after Plassey.
...officials with their prehensile bottoms...
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: approved
recognized
sanctioned
decreed
Antonyms: unofficial
Related words: office
officer
officiate
match official
ruler
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
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: zyrtar
lang: Arabic
word: رَسْمِيّ
roman: rasmiyy
lang: Arabic
word: رَسْمي
roman: rasmi
lang: Armenian
word: պաշտոնական
roman: paštonakan
lang: Azerbaijani
word: rəsmi
lang: Bashkir
word: рәсми
roman: rəsmi
lang: Belarusian
word: афіцы́йны
roman: aficýjny
lang: Belarusian
word: афіцыя́льны
roman: aficyjálʹny
lang: Bengali
word: সরকারী
roman: śorkari
lang: Bengali
word: দাপ্তরিক
roman: daptorik
lang: Bulgarian
word: официа́лен
roman: oficiálen
lang: Catalan
word: oficial
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 官方
roman: guānfāng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 正式
roman: zhèngshì
lang: Czech
word: oficiální
lang: Danish
word: officiel
lang: Dutch
word: officieel
lang: Estonian
word: ametlik
lang: Finnish
word: virallinen
lang: French
word: officiel
lang: Georgian
word: ოფიციალური
roman: opicialuri
lang: German
word: offiziell
lang: Greek
word: επίσημος
roman: epísimos
lang: Hebrew
word: רִשְׁמִי
roman: rishmí
lang: Hindi
word: आधिकारिक
roman: ādhikārik
lang: Hindi
word: अधिकृत
roman: adhikŕt
lang: Hungarian
word: hivatalos
lang: Icelandic
word: opinber
lang: Indonesian
word: resmi
lang: Irish
word: oifigiúil
lang: Italian
word: ufficiale
lang: Japanese
word: 正式な
roman: seishiki na
lang: Japanese
word: 正式の
roman: seishiki no
lang: Kazakh
word: ресми
roman: resmi
lang: Korean
word: 공식적
roman: gongsikjeok
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: resmî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: ырасмый
roman: ırasmıy
lang: Kyrgyz
word: расмий
roman: rasmiy
lang: Ladino
word: ofisial
lang: Latvian
word: oficiāls
lang: Lithuanian
word: oficialus
lang: Macedonian
word: официја́лен
roman: oficijálen
lang: Malay
word: rasmi
lang: Malayalam
word: ഔദ്യോഗിക
roman: audyōgika
lang: Maltese
word: uffiċjal
lang: Māori
word: whaimana
lang: Marathi
word: अधिकृत
roman: adhikŕt
lang: Mongolian
word: албан ёсны
roman: alban josny
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: offisiell
lang: Pashto
word: رسمي
roman: rasmí
lang: Iranian Persian
word: رَسْمی
roman: rasmi
lang: Polish
word: oficjalny
lang: Romanian
word: oficial
lang: Russian
word: официа́льный
roman: oficiálʹnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: слу̏жбен
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: зва̀ничан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: slȕžben
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zvàničan
lang: Slovak
word: oficiálny
lang: Slovene
word: uraden
lang: Spanish
word: oficial
lang: Swahili
word: rasmi
lang: Swedish
word: officiell
lang: Tajik
word: расмӣ
roman: rasmi
lang: Tatar
word: рәсми
roman: räsmi
lang: Turkish
word: resmî
lang: Turkmen
word: resmi
lang: Ukrainian
word: офіці́йний
roman: oficíjnyj
lang: Ukrainian
word: офіціа́льний
roman: oficiálʹnyj
lang: Urdu
word: دَفْتَری
roman: daftarī
lang: Urdu
word: سَرْکاری
roman: sarkārī
lang: Uyghur
word: رەسمىي
roman: resmiy
lang: Uzbek
word: rasmiy