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official

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate , regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
established \established\ adj. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long and widely accepted; as, distrust of established authority; a team established as a member of a major league; enjoyed his prestige as an established writer; an established ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative" [ant: unofficial ] of or relating to an office; "official privileges" verified officially; "the election returns are now official" conforming to set usage, procedure, ...

Usage examples of official.

New Riviera was entirely too accommodating to imported species to allow anything out into the wild without official approval, where it would like as not reproduce and thrive like mad.

But he seems to me to have erred in underrating the value of party instrumentalities and of official power in accomplishing what is best for the good of the people.

And even the private schools, traditionally viewed with suspicious dislike by state education officials, were hit by surprise inspections so seldom that the very act of an accreditation team, showing up unannounced at one of them, was tantamount to an accusation of educational hanky-panky.

Business Advisory Council meets regularly with government officials six times a year.

Even if destitute of any formal or official enunciation of those important truths, which even in a cultivated age it was often found inexpedient to assert except under a veil of allegory, and which moreover lose their dignity and value in proportion as they are learned mechanically as dogmas, the shows of the Mysteries certainly contained suggestions if not lessons, which in the opinion not of one competent witness only, but of many, were adapted to elevate the character of the spectators, enabling them to augur something of the purposes of existence, as well as of the means of improving it, to live better and to die happier.

Because of all the confusion, misinformation floating around, and the fact that very little information was then being made available, my staff and I immediately went to work to make the official Senator Bill Frist website a central place where anyone could go to find accurate, up-to-date, pertinent information both on anthrax generally and on the rapidly evolving situation in the Senate office buildings.

Everyone wanted to know more about skin and inhalational anthrax, and the initial TV news reports by political figures and health officials were confusing.

The antisocialist laws had been lifted, but German officials were not opening their arms to itinerant Jewish radicals.

In order not to compromise the influence of his family in the arrondissement of Arcis, that old statesman would doubtless propose for candidate some young man who could be induced to accept an official function and then yield his place to Charles Keller,--a parliamentary arrangement which renders the elect of the people subject to re-election.

As he passed the silent sanctas, he wondered what the official line would be on the reality of Grijalva artlet alone his uses of it.

They knew they could still get aspirin through the official FUP channels.

The Portuguese, unlike the British or German colonists, had a relaxed attitude toward miscegenation and the result was a large mulatto population and an official policy of assimilado under which any person of color, if he attained certain civilized standards, was considered to be white and enjoyed Portuguese nationality.

In January, following allegations of corruption and conspiracy involving public employees, the governor of California established a special commission to investigate official dealings in antisense research and development.

His political articles and memoranda written in the revolutionary year 1848 attracted official attention.

If he can show that I died of attrition when my so-called Companion was taken by an ordinary Sime in the kill, the entire Tecton will come under official investigation.