Dictionary definition · official
noun
- a worker who holds or is invested with an office
- someone who administers the rules of a game or sport"the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"
adjective
- having official authority or sanction"official permission"
- of or relating to an office"official privileges"
- verified officially"the election returns are now official"
- conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline"in prescribed order"
- (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).