Noun

• S: (n) official, functionary (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
• S: (n) official (someone who administers the rules of a game or sport) "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

Adjective

• S: (adj) official (having official authority or sanction) "official permission"; "an official representative"
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• W: (adj) unofficial [Opposed to: official] (not having official authority or sanction) "a sort of unofficial mayor"; "an unofficial estimate"; "he participated in an unofficial capacity"
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• W: (n) office [Related to: official] ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power) "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
• S: (adj) official (of or relating to an office) "official privileges"
• S: (adj) official (verified officially) "the election returns are now official"
• S: (adj) official, prescribed (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline) "in prescribed order"
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• S: (adj) regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle) "his regular calls on his customers"; "regular meals"; "regular duties"
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• W: (n) office [Related to: official] (a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities) "the offices of the mass"
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• S: (n) office, business office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed) "he rented an office in the new building"
• S: (n) agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority (an administrative unit of government) "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
• S: (n) function, office, part, role (the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group) "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
• S: (n) office, power ((of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power) "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
• S: (n) office, office staff (professional or clerical workers in an office) "the whole office was late the morning of the blizzard"
• S: (n) office (a religious rite or service prescribed by ecclesiastical authorities) "the offices of the mass"
• S: (n) position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation (a job in an organization) "he occupied a post in the treasury"
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• S: (adj) official ((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution)