official meaning
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[əˈfɪʃəl] [-ɪʃəl] 
US WOfficial
- An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate,
- A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election, appointment, selection, or employment. A bureaucrat or civil servant is a member of the bureaucracy.
- The word official as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314.
- The informal term officialese, the jargon of "officialdom", was first recorded in 1884.
- NounPLofficialsPREoff-SUF-ial
- An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
- David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.
- A 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.
- An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
- AdjectiveCOMmore officialSUPmost official
- Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
- official duties
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority.
- an official statement or report
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
- an official drug or preparation
- Discharging an office or function.
- Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The result, officials said, is that soldiers who have already done a tour in Iraq in the last five years can now be sent back to Iraq if their entire unit is remobilized.
- he official thinking to foreslacke no time, taking counsell with his fellowes, laide hands uppon this Peter, and brought him before the inquisitor. ― Foze.
- The stonings came as something of a surprise, in that Iranian officials had said they had suspended that method of execution.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of official in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en officials
- en officially
- en officialdom
- en officialty
- en officialise
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "official" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.