Official
Word | OFFICIAL |
Character | 8 |
Hyphenation | of fi cial |
Pronunciations | /əˈfɪʃəl/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Official"
What do we mean by official?
Of or relating to an office or a post of authority. adjective
Authorized by a proper authority; authoritative. adjective
Holding office or serving in a public capacity. adjective
Characteristic of or befitting a person of authority; formal. adjective
Authorized by or contained in the US Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Used of drugs. adjective
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. noun
A referee or umpire. noun
In pharm., authorized by the pharmacopœia of some country or countries: as, an official drug; an official preparation. In this sense recent, displacing the broader term officinal.
Of or pertaining to office or the performance of the duties of an office: as, official duty; official cares or responsibility.
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority; hence, authorized: as, an official statement or report.
Performing duties or offices; rendering useful service; ministering.
One who is invested with an office of a public nature; one holding a civil appointment: as, a government official; a railway official. noun
In English ecclesiastical law, a person appointed as judge by a bishop, chapter, or archdeacon, to hear causes in the ecclesiastical courts. noun
One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant. noun
An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. noun
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. adjective
Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority. adjective
Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopœia; appointed to be used in medicine. Cf. Officinal. adjective
Discharging an office or function. adjective
Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. adjective
An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
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Official is a word which me and my friends have used for many years, we use in the context of which proucts or person etc is supperior and therefore the best. As a rule the first of a particular product is automatically official, however a product can overtake another with superior price or quality. If the person for example is annoying and you dislike him you may then to decide to use the term unofficial which is basically everything which is not official. Finally the last context is an act done by someone, which is pulled of perfectly and is generally good all round. If however they bail that is unofficial. There are other contexts obviously but far to many yo put here (e.g. place, name, colour etc) so use in whatever context you like, but make sure its an official context. Urban Dictionary
1. Official (n): A person with recognized administrative responsibilities in accordance with a specific event, idea, organization. Charged with the task of maintaining order and/or giving help. An authority figure. 2. Official (n): An authorized (noun), authorized by the company, person, government etc. with the rights to the (noun). In essence, something that is sanctioned, supported, or condoned by the owners. 3. Official (Adj): A tagline used incorrectly, frequently, and inanely in topic titles on message boards. Intended to gain the attention of other, also stupid board members, by flagging they're attention. The belief is that people will go to their topic if it is 'official' which in 99.9% of the time, is not actually official, just says it is. Blandly, it is an adjective used by board memebers to indicate the importance or special nature of their topics, regardless of the fact it is not, in fact, official at all. Urban Dictionary
Used to refer to any single or group of African-American (black) individuals. Urban Dictionary
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An oral sexual act. Often used for fellatio, but can be used to refer to other oral sex acts, like handjobs, anal stimulation, tonguing, ect... Urban Dictionary
Another term for gay or homosexual Urban Dictionary
When your friend says your official official but no official official it means that she dosen't know and is having fun with your confused expression. Urban Dictionary
To be officially official with said official action/task. Urban Dictionary
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