Antonym: unofficial. Similar words: officially, artificial, officious, efficient, efficiency, sufficient, judicial, office. Meaning: [ə'fɪʃl] 
n. 1. a worker who holds or is invested with an office 2. someone who administers the rules of a game or sport. adj. 1. having official authority or sanction 2. of or relating to an office 3. verified officially 4. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline 5. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution.
n. 1. a worker who holds or is invested with an office 2. someone who administers the rules of a game or sport. adj. 1. having official authority or sanction 2. of or relating to an office 3. verified officially 4. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline 5. (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution. 
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211. She first tried to get a doctor's certificate through official channels.
212. Even if the recovery is under way, it may be some time before the official number crunchers confirm it.
213. "If they're flexible, we're flexible", the official was quoted as saying.
214. An official from the Ministry of the Interior said six people had died.
215. The inspectors found no evidence which supported any allegation of suppression of official documents.
216. You should go through the official channels to get help instead of through private relationship.
217. Don't make any policy decisions which clash with official company thinking.
218. There is to be an official inquiry into the incident.
219. This passport has to be signed before the official can validate it.
220. The King may turn over some of his official posts to his son.
221. A British official said he thought it was an open question whether sanctions would do any good.
222. According to official statistics, the Japanese work longer hours than workers in most other industrialized countries.
223. the surrounding countryside. The country is more common in this sense but countryside is used especially in official language or when it would not be clear which sense of country is meant:the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
224. He was a White House official during the Bush presidency.
225. One of the perks is the use of the official car park.
226. The businessman was sent to prison for trying to corrupt a tax official with money.
227. The official prefixed an explanatory note to the list of statistics.
228. The government has given its official blessing to the project.
229. You may come if you wish. It is often used in official signs and rules:Visitors may use the swimming pool between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.
230. The residents demanded that there should be an official inquiry.
231. The official opening of the new school will take place next month.
232. The government has invoked the Official Secrets Act in having the book banned.
233. He was eventually convicted for the misuse of official funds.
234. As a mayor,[http://sentencedict.com/official.html] he has a lot of official functions to attend.
235. Despite official denials, it appears the government did make a deal with the terrorists.
236. Several eyewitnesses' accounts differed considerably from the official version of events.
237. The queen will attend the official opening of the theatre in June.
238. The President was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico.
239. The government's official line has always been to refuse to negotiate with terrorists.
240. The ex-President, although shorn of his official powers, still has a lot of influence.
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