official

of·fi·cial  (-fshl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to an office or a post of authority: official duties.

2. Authorized by a proper authority; authoritative: official permission.

3. Holding office or serving in a public capacity: an official representative.

4. Characteristic of or befitting a person of authority; formal: an official banquet.

5. Authorized by or contained in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Used of drugs.

n.

1. One who holds an office or position, especially one who acts in a subordinate capacity for an institution such as a corporation or governmental agency.

2. Sports A referee or umpire.

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[From Middle English, ecclesiastical officer, from Old French, from Latin officilis, an attendant of an office, from officium, duty, service; see office.]

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of·ficial·dom n.

of·ficial·ly adv.

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official [əˈfɪʃəl]

adj

1. of or relating to an office, its administration, or its duration

2. sanctioned by, recognized by, or derived from authority an official statement

3. appointed by authority, esp for some special duty

4. having a formal ceremonial character an official dinner

n

a person who holds a position in an organization, government department, etc., esp a subordinate position

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Official [əˈfɪʃəl]

adj

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) of or relating to one of the two factions of the IRA and Sinn Féin, created by a split in 1969. The Official movement subsequently renounced terrorism and entered constitutional politics in the Irish Republic as the Worker's Party (now the Democratic Left

n

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a member of the Official IRA and Sinn Féin Compare Provisional

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official

• brevet - An official or authoritative message in writing.
• provost - Etymologically, an official "placed before" or "put in charge" of others, from Latin praepositus, "superintendent."
• bailiwick - Comes from bailie, "custody," and -wick, "function of an official" or "place of jurisdiction."
• probate - The official proving of a will, from Latin probatum, "thing proved."

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office functionary apparatchik - a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization); "Democratic apparatchiks" appointee - an official who is appointed bailiff - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. beadle - a minor parish official who serves a ceremonial function administrative official, bureaucrat - an official of a bureaucracy caretaker - an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected" censor - a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable census taker, enumerator - someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes church officer - a church official city father - an important municipal official civil servant - a public official who is a member of the civil service commissar, political commissar - an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit Comptroller General - a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government Comptroller of the Currency - a United States federal official who regulates the national banks diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations elected official - official who won the office in a free election equerry - an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles fire marshall - an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger - an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest hearing examiner, hearing officer - an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers holdover, hangover - an official who remains in office after his term incumbent, officeholder - the official who holds an office Inquisitor - an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition invalidator, voider, nullifier - an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was" judge, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice licenser - an official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications) macebearer, macer, mace - an official who carries a mace of office mandarin - any high government official or bureaucrat notary, notary public - someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions noticer - someone who gives formal notice officeholder, officer - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year" federal agent, agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau provincial - (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials" postmaster general - the official in charge of the national postal service proconsul - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state quaestor - any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration) recruiter - an official who enlists personnel for military service record-keeper, recorder, registrar - someone responsible for keeping records
	2.	official - someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" adjudicator - a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes football official - an official who enforces the rules at a football game linesman - official (in tennis, soccer, football, etc.) who assists the referee in some way (especially by watching for out of bounds or offside) ref, referee - (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play scorekeeper, scorer - an official who records the score during the progress of a game dispatcher, starter - the official who signals the beginning of a race or competition timekeeper, timer - (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed ump, umpire - an official at a baseball game
Adj.	1.	official - having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" authorised, authorized - endowed with authority unofficial - not having official authority or sanction; "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"
	2.	official - of or relating to an office; "official privileges"
	3.	official - verified officially; "the election returns are now official" confirmed - having been established or made firm or received the rite of confirmation; "confirmed reservations"; "received confirmed reports of casualties"; "a confirmed Catholic"
	4.	official - conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order" prescribed regular - in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle; "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties"
	5.	official - (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution church service, church - a service conducted in a house of worship; "don't be late for church" constituted, established - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"

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official

adjective

1. authorized, approved, formal, sanctioned, licensed, proper, endorsed, warranted, legitimate, authentic, ratified, certified, authoritative, accredited, bona fide, signed and sealed, ex officio, ex cathedra, straight from the horse's mouth (informal) An official announcement is expected later today.
authorized casual, informal, doubtful, dubious, unofficial, unreliable, unauthorized

2. formal, prescribed, bureaucratic, ceremonial, solemn, ritualistic his official duties

noun

officer, executive, agent, representative, bureaucrat, public servant, appointee, dignitary, functionary, office-holder, office bearer a senior UN official

Translations

official [əˈfɪʃəl]

A. ADJ → oficial
is that official? → ¿es oficial?, ¿se ha confirmado eso oficialmente?
it's official: working mothers are stressed → está confirmado: las madres que trabajan están estresadas
the phone was answered by an official sounding voice → una voz con un tono oficioso contestó el teléfono
official channels → conductos mpl or vías fpl oficiales
to do sth through (the) official channels → hacer algo por los conductos or vías oficiales
"for official use only" → sólo para uso oficial

B. N (in civil service) → funcionario/a m/f; (elsewhere) → oficial mf
government official → funcionario/a m/f del estado
trade union official → representante mf sindical

C. CPD official receiver N → síndico m
Official Secrets Act N (Brit) ley relativa a los secretos de Estado
official strike N → huelga f oficial

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official [əˈfɪʃ^əl]

adj

(gen) → officiel(le)
the Irish President's official residence → la résidence officielle du président irlandais
to be on an official visit → être en visite officielle

n [organization, government, council] → officiel m

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official

adj → offiziell; report, duties, meeting, visit also → amtlich; (= formal) ceremony, style → förmlich, formell; (= authorized) biography → autorisiert; official language → Amtssprache f; official religion → Staatsreligion f; official statement → amtliche Verlautbarung; is that official? → ist das amtlich?; (= publicly announced) → ist das offiziell?; official residence (of mayor, governor) → Amtssitz m; official strike → offizieller Streik, gewerkschaftlich genehmigter Streik; acting in one’s official capacity → in Ausübung seiner Amtsgewalt; official uniform → Dienstuniform f

n (= railway official, post office official etc) → Beamte(r) m, → Beamtin f; (of club, at race-meeting) → Funktionär(in) m(f); government official → Regierungsbeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f; trade union official (Brit) → Gewerkschaftsfunktionär(in) m(f)

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official:

Official Receiver

n → Konkursverwalter(in) m(f)

official seal

n → Dienstsiegel nt, → Amtssiegel nt

official secret

n → Dienstgeheimnis nt, → Amtsgeheimnis nt; Official Secrets Act (Brit) → Gesetz nt → zur amtlichen Schweigepflicht

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official [əˈfɪʃ/əl]

1. adj (authorized) → ufficiale; (formal) → ufficiale, formale
to make official (position, agreement) → ufficializzare

2. n (civil servant) → funzionario, impiegato/a statale; (of club, organization) → dirigente m/f

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official

adj official [əˈfiʃəl]

1 of or concerning a position of authority official powers; official uniform. amptelike, ampsagtig رَسْمي официален úřední officiel Amts-..., Dienst-... υπηρεσιακός, επίσημος oficial ameti- اداری virka- officiel רִשמִי आधिकारिक službeni hivatalos resmi embættis- ufficiale 公の 공인의, 공식의 tarnybinis oficiāls rasmi officieel, ambts{#169} offisiell, embets-, tjeneste- urzędowy oficial oficial служебный, должностной úradník uraden zvaničan ämbets-, ämbetsmanna-, tjänste- ที่เป็นทางการ resmî 公務上的，職權上的 службовий; посадовий منصبي thuộc chính quyền 公务上的，职权上的

2 done or confirmed by people in authority etc the official result of the race. amptelike رَسْمي официален oficiální officiel offiziell επίσημος, επίσημα επιβεβαιωμένος oficial ametlik رسمی virallinen officiel מוּסמָך आधिकारिक,पदधरियों द्वारा प्राप्त službeni hivatalos resmi opinber ufficiale 公式の 직무상의, 공무상의 oficialus oficiāls rasmi officieel offisiell oficjalny oficial oficial официальный oficiálny uraden zvaničan officiell ที่เป็นทางการ resmî 官方的 офіційний باظابطہ، سرکاري chính thức 官方的

n

a person who holds a position of authority a government official. amptenaar مُوَظَّف حُكومي чиновник úředník, -ice embedsmand; -embedsmand der Beamte/die Beamtin αξιωματούχος, κρατικός λειτουργός funcionario, oficial ametnik کارمند؛ صاحب منصب viranhaltija fonctionnaire פָּקִיד בַּמִמשָׁל अधिकारी službenik tisztviselő pejabat embættismaður funzionario 公務員 공무원 pareigūnas ierēdnis; amatpersona pegawai ambtenaar (stats)tjenestemann, embetsmann (wyższy) urzędnik funcionário oficial должностное лицо úradník, -čka uradnik zvaničnik ämbetsman, tjänsteman, befattningshavare ที่เป็นทางการ memur, görevli 官員 службовець; чиновник اہل کار công chức 官员

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official → رسمي oficiální officiel offiziell επίσημος oficial virallinen officiel službeni ufficiale 職務上の 직무상의 officieel offisiell urzędowy oficial официальный officiell เจ้าหน้าที่ yetkili chính thức 官方的