Definition of Official

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Official

Of or pertaining to an office or public trust; as, official duties, or routine.

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.

Approved by authority; sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; as, an official drug or preparation. Cf. Officinal.

Discharging an office or function.

One who holds an office; esp., a subordinate executive officer or attendant.

An ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.

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Official Quotations

Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.
Aldous Huxley

It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody thinks he said.
David Letterman

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.
Marilyn vos Savant

With respect to the northeastern boundary of the United States, no official correspondence between this Government and that of Great Britain has passed since that communicated to Congress toward the close of their last session.
Martin Van Buren

We played soccer a lot with our friends and at school. We weren't on an official team or anything, but we'd definitely be up for it in gym or in after-school pickup games where we live.
Mary-Kate Olsen

I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
Naguib Mahfouz

I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.
William Allingham

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.
Billy Joel

I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.
Klaus Kinski

Official Translations

official in Afrikaans is amptelik, offisieel
official in Danish is embedsmand
official in Dutch is ambtelijk, officieel
official in Finnish is virkailija
official in French is oficiel, fonctionnaire, officiel, officiel
official in German is Amts.., amtlich, Beamter, offiziell, amtlich
official in Italian is ufficiale, ufficiale, funzionario
official in Latin is persona
official in Spanish is oficial, oficial, funcionario

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