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"
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Adjective

• S: (adj) official (having official authority or sanction) "official permission"; "an official representative"
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• S: (adj) authoritative, authorized, authorised (sanctioned by established authority) "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography"
• S: (adj) ex officio (by virtue of an office or position) "the head of the department serves as an ex officio member of the board"
• S: (adj) formal (characteristic of or befitting a person in authority) "formal duties"; "an official banquet"
• S: (adj) formalized, formalised (given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures)
• S: (adj) semiofficial (having some official authority or sanction)
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• S: (adj) official (of or relating to an office) "official privileges"
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• S: (adj) official (verified officially) "the election returns are now official"
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• W: (adj) unconfirmed [Indirect via confirmed] (not finally established or settled) "an unconfirmed letter of credit"; "unconfirmed rumors"
• S: (adj) official, prescribed (conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline) "in prescribed order"
• S: (adj) official ((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution)
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• W: (adj) unestablished [Indirect via established] (not established) "a reputation as yet unestablished"