Official Meaning
/əˈfɪʃəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or about an office or public trust.
adjDerived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority
Sentence Examples
His official title at the company is Assistant to the President.
Taking notes at each meeting is one of the official duties.
She is the government official in charge of the project.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The president made an ____ statement to announce the important new policy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government ____ announced new regulations regarding data privacy and online security.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English official, from Old French official, from Latin officiālis, from Latin officium (“duty, service”), by surface analysis, office + -ial.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"the stomach and other parts official unto nutrition"
— 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
"...officials with their prehensile bottoms..."
— 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III:
"If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets […] Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry."
— 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The president made an ____ statement to announce the important new policy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The government ____ announced new regulations regarding data privacy and online security.