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- pronunciation:
fI
shl
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
a person who performs a specific function or holds an office in a business organization or a government.
- synonyms:
- functionary, officer
- similar words:
- administrator, ambassador, appointee, authority, bureaucrat, dignitary, executive, minister, officeholder
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| related words: |
ambassador, authority, bureaucrat, minister, office |
adjective + (n.)official
appointed, civilian, colonial, corrupt, elected, federal, governmental, high-level, interior, local, military, municipal, provincial, public, senior, top, unnamed
verb + (n.)official
bribe, elect, lobby, quote, state
(n.)official
+ verb
accuse, acknowledge, brief, cite, comment, complain, concede, confirm, contend, decline, deny, disclose, estimate, fear, insist, oversee, urge, warn
noun + (n.)official
administration, correction, corruption, counterterrorism, custom, election, embassy, enforcement, government, health, immigration, intelligence, lawmaker, legislator, ministry, prison, ranking, tourism, transit, transportation
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or pertaining to an office or position of responsibility or authority.
- antonyms:
- unofficial
- similar words:
- authoritative, formal, lawful, legitimate, professional, sanctioned, valid
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| definition 2: |
appointed by or acting on behalf of an organization or government.
the official envoy- synonyms:
- authorized
- antonyms:
- unofficial
- similar words:
- certified, formal
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| definition 3: |
authorized, formal, and public.
an official celebration- synonyms:
- formal
- antonyms:
- unofficial
- similar words:
- authoritative, authorized, customary, definitive, proper, sanctioned, standard, valid
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| related words: |
authentic, authoritative, canonical, full-fledged, standard, state, true, work, working |
(adj.)official
+ noun
agency,
announcement,
approval,
assistance,
capacity,
ceremony,
channel,
count,
definition,
discourse,
document,
duty,
endorsement,
estimate,
exchange,
explanation,
guide,
historian,
ideology,
investigation,
language,
opening,
policy,
portrait,
position,
poverty,
pronouncement,
publication,
recognition,
record,
religion,
report,
representative,
residence,
spokesman,
sponsor,
statement,
statistics,
status,
teaching,
title,
unemployment,
version,
visit
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| derivation: |
officially (adv.) |
The word official
contains the following parts:
of-
Latin
prefix
that means towards; against; away
  More about this word part:
The prefix of-
is an assimilated form of ob- used before roots beginning with "f." See ob-.
Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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