official
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
official/əˈfɪʃl/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to an authority or public body and its activities and responsibilities.
- 2 having the approval or authorization of such a body.
– derivatives
officialdom noun,
officialism noun,
officialize (or officialise) verb,
officially adverb.
officialdom noun,
officialism noun,
officialize (or officialise) verb,
officially adverb.
'official' also found in these Oxford entries:
AB
- accord
- accredit
- advisory
- Afrikaans
- aga
- AK
- AL
- almoner
- American Indian
- Amharic
- amnesty
- ancient monument
- apparatchik
- appraise
- AR
- armourer
- Assamese
- assent
- audit
- augur
- authorize
- award
- AWOL
- AZ
- backgrounder
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Bahasa Malaysia
- bailiff
- ban
- banish
- BC
- bedel
- birth certificate
- Birthday Honours
- Bislama
- blackout
- blue book
- book
- brevet
- broker-dealer
- bulletin
- bunfight
- bureaucrat
- Burmese
- CA
- call
- canonical
- cantor
- cap
