official
(adjective) having official authority or sanction; “official permission”; “an official representative”
official
(adjective) verified officially; “the election returns are now official”
official
(adjective) (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
official, prescribed
(adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; “in prescribed order”
official
(adjective) of or relating to an office; “official privileges”
official
(noun) someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; “the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling”
official, functionary
(noun) a worker who holds or is invested with an office
Source: WordNet® 3.1
official (comparative more official, superlative most official)
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
Approved by authority; authorized.
(Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon.
(pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
Discharging an office or function.
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.
(slang) True, real, beyond doubt.
(pharmacology) Listen in a national pharmacopeia.
• unofficial
official (plural officials)
An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
• See also official
Source: Wiktionary
Of*fi"cial, a. Etym: [L. officialis: cf. F. officiel. See Office, and cf. Official, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine. That, in the official marks invested, you Anon do meet the senate. Shak.
2. 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.
3. (Pharm.)
Definition: Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.
4. Discharging an office or function. [Obs.] The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne.
Of*fi"cial, n. Etym: [L. officialis a magistrate's servant or attendant: cf.F. official. See Official, a., and cf. Officer.]
1. One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
2. An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 September 2024
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
