Definitionen
1.AdjectiveOf or about an office or public trust."official duties"
2.AdjectiveDerived from the proper office or officer, or the appropriate authority; made or communicated by authority"an official statement or report"
3.AdjectiveApproved by authority; authorized."The Official Strategy Guide; Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death."
4.Adjective(Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as the truth or canon."Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death."
5.AdjectiveSanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal."an official drug or preparation"
6.AdjectiveDischarging an office or function.
7.AdjectiveRelating to an office, especially a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
8.AdjectiveRelating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
9.AdjectiveTrue, real, beyond doubt."Well, it's official: you lost your mind!"
10.AdjectiveListed in a national pharmacopeia.
11.NounAn office holder, a person holding an official position in government, sports, or other organization."Officials in the Firefly administration assure the Sylvanians they don't want war either.; In most soccer games, there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.; The company's officials became nabobs as it took on more and more power after Plassey."