Definitions
1.nounAn office holder invested with powers and authorities."David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club."
2.nounA person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition."In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen."
3.adjectiveOf or pertaining to an office or public trust."official duties"
4.adjectiveDerived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority"an official statement or report"
5.adjectiveApproved by authority; authorized."The Official Strategy Guide"
6.adjective(pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal."an official drug or preparation"
7.adjectiveDischarging an office or function.
8.adjectiveRelating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
9.adjectiveRelating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
10.adjectiveTrue, real, beyond doubt."Well, it's official: you lost your mind!"
11.adjectiveListen in a national pharmacopeia.