Definitions for official

Overview of noun official

The noun official has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (23) official, functionary

(a worker who holds or is invested with an office)

2. (3) official

(someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling")

Overview of adj official

The adj official has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)

1. (10) official

(having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative")

2. (1) official

(of or relating to an office; "official privileges")

3. (1) official

(verified officially; "the election returns are now official")

4. official, prescribed

(conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order")

5. official

((of a church) given official status as a national or state institution)