official1 nounofficial2 adjective
officialof‧fi‧cial1 /əˈfɪʃəl/ ●●● S3 W1 noun [countable] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a union official
- But instead of levying fines, prosecuting plant officials or revoking their licenses, the agency only wrote threatening letters to trustees.
- By last week, government and state officials had doubled their estimates of contaminated sites to about 100.
- City officials were hoping the name change would help curb the prostitution which festered in the area during the 1970s.
- Committee members have expressed concerns about possible contacts between donors and officials of the National Security Council.
- Health officials in Houston said Thursday that California strawberries are almost certainly the source of the illnesses.
- In any case, the police did not offer a high enough salary for any but the most inexperienced official.
- One of the strengths of organisations is the expertise that officials have accumulated over time.
WORD SETS
accession, nounaccredited, adjectiveaide, nounambassador, nounapparatchik, nounarchduke, nounassemblyman, nounassemblywoman, nounattaché, nounbadge, nounborough council, nouncaliph, nounchamberlain, nounchancellery, nounchancellor, nounChancellor of the Exchequer, nounchieftain, nouncity fathers, nouncity planning, nouncivil servant, nounclerk, nounclerk of works, nounCllr, commissioner, nouncomptroller, nouncongressman, nouncongresswoman, nounconsul, nounconsulate, nouncoroner, nouncouncillor, nouncouncilman, nouncouncilwoman, nouncourtier, nouncrown, nouncrown, verbcrowned head, nounCrown Prince, nounCrown Princess, nounCustoms and Excise, noun-cy, suffixczar, nounczarina, noundeputy, noundictator, noundignitary, noundiplomat, noundiplomatic, adjectivediplomatic corps, noundiplomatic immunity, noundispatch box, noundispensation, noun-dom, suffixdossier, noundrug czar, nounducal, adjectiveduchess, nounduchy, nounduke, noundukedom, nounelder statesman, nounembassy, nounemirate, nounemissary, nounemperor, nounempress, nounEurocrat, nounfigurehead, nounForeign Office, the, governor, nounGovernor-General, noungovernorship, noungubernatorial, adjectivehack, nounHome Secretary, nounimpeach, verbinaugurate, verbincumbency, nounincumbent, nounkhalif, nounkhan, nounlegate, nounlegation, nounlegislator, nounlocal council, nounlord, nounLord, nounmandarin, nounmarshal, nounmayor, nounmayoralty, nounmayoress, nounmember, nounMember of Parliament, nounMEP, nounMI5, nounMI6, nounminister, nounministerial, adjectiveminister of state, nounmission, nounmole, nounmonarch, nounmonitor, nounmotorcade, nounMP, nounNo. 10, occupy, verb-ocrat, suffixoffice, nounoffice holder, nounofficer, nounofficial, nounofficial, adjectiveofficialdom, nounofficialese, nounoverlord, nounpalace, nounpatriarchal, adjectivepatrician, adjectivePharaoh, nounplenipotentiary, nounPM, nounpost, verbposting, nounpotentate, nounPPS, nounprefect, nounpremier, nounpres., presidency, nounpresident, nounpresident-elect, nounpresidential, adjectivepress secretary, nounpretender, nounPrime Minister, nounprince, nounprince consort, nounprincess, nounproconsul, nounproconsulate, nounProvost, nounpublic servant, nounquango, nounqueen, nounqueenly, adjectiveQueen Mother, nounrajah, nounred tape, nounreeve, nounreign, nounreign, verbreshuffle, nounroyal, adjectiveroyal, nounroyalty, nounruler, nounsecretary, nounsenator, nounShah, nounsheriff, nounshogun, nounsovereign, nounsoviet, nounstatesman, nounsuccession, nounsultan, nounsultana, nountechnocrat, nountown clerk, nountown council, nountribune, nountriumvirate, nountroika, nountsar, nountsarina, nountzar, nountzarina, nounundersecretary, nounvice-president, nounviceroy, nounvizier, nounVP, nounwalkabout, nounwatchdog, nounwhip, nounWhite House, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
There has still been no official confirmation of the report. Journalists are often too willing to accept the official line (=the opinion that a government states officially). the official mascot of the 2002 World Cup We received official notification that Harry was missing. the ambassador’s official residence
· No official announcement is expected until next year.
· The company has made an official apology and is offering compensation.
· Finance ministers gave their formal approval in July.
(=someone with a position of authority in the club)· At this meeting we will elect new club officials.
· The man has lodged a formal complaint against the police.
There has still been no official confirmation of the report.· The Army has consistently issued official denials of involvement.
(=in a government department)· a senior justice department official
· The new president will take up his official duties next month.
· This is the prime minister's first official engagement since the elections.
(=accepted by people in authority)· According to official army estimates, more than 500 rebels had been killed.
· According to official figures, two million houses in England are inadequately heated.
(=someone who works for a government in an official position)· He had a meeting with French scientists and government officials.
· The outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited.
· Preparations were made in advance of the official inspection.
· The president received a formal invitation to visit Nigeria.
(=the language used for official business in a country)· Canada has two official languages: English and French.
· I received an official letter thanking me for my enquiry.
Journalists are often too willing to accept the official line (=the opinion that a government states officially). the official mascot of the 2002 World Cup We received official notification that Harry was missing.· The incident has angered senior party officials.
· Mr Murphy was granted official permission to travel to North Korea.
(=one that a government or organization says officially that it has)· This was the French government’s official position.
· He has no official position in the government.
· Last month, a prisoner attacked two prison officers with a knife.
· Everything would soon get better, according to the official propaganda.
· After an official reception at the Embassy, they visited the White House.
· This has been the wettest winter since official records began.
· Black graduates still face discrimination from employers, according to an official report.
the ambassador’s official residence (=a government secret)· He was accused of passing on state secrets to a foreign power.
(=in an organization)· a meeting of senior government officials
· The company is expected to make an official statement tomorrow.
· Official statistics indicate that educational standards are improving.
· The president made an official visit to France this week.
· The International Olympic Committee’s official website has a lot of interesting information.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· After an inspection, federal officials ordered additional security measures, including moving Guzman to a higher-security area.· That said, there is an issue that should be explored by state and federal officials.· For years, federal law enforcement officials were reluctant to penetrate the movement.· The implicit message to the comptroller and to any other federal official is that this person is important to the president.· But high land costs prompted federal officials to buy the Army another corral site and to build on F Street.· The act provided that federal courts and officials could invoke army aid for its enforcement.· Earlier this year, President Clinton ordered the issuance of safety locks to all federal law enforcement officials who carry handguns.· From their perspective, the discretion used by federal officials produced reluctant justice at best.
· A high official would be likely to have one of jade, nephrite for the body and jadeite for the stopper.· After four days of fasting, High Commission officials in Delhi relented and gave the go-ahead for the couple to be reunited.· He supervised the pickers like a high official, carrying a long, medieval-looking pole with a sickle on the end.· A wife of a high official?· Their primary concern is with Washington, where the promotion board and higher officials are.· At the bottom end of the scale this category could include high salaried officials.· They were fed up, one high official was reported to have said.
· It allows a direct approach by the plaintiff or his agent to the competent local official in that state.· Alameda County Supervisor Mary King hastily organized a briefing for local officials next week.· But local union officials want to shut down all the existing committees and begin again from scratch.· Throughout the Mekong delta, local officials who disdained Tu Duc nevertheless quit the provincial administration rather than submit to alien rule.· In the Phoenix case, and from the perspective of local officials, the federal program contains conflicting objectives.· During the past week, members of Congress and local officials from across the country have urged Clinton to intervene.· And, recently, the county has turned to what local officials call its third phase of development: corporate office parks.· Yet the general staff of overseers is small, only about 40 employees, supplemented by local officials in 94 judicial districts.
· Until recently, lower military officials had taken the blame for the estimated 3,000 people who were murdered or went missing.· The barracks will be the best enlisted housing in the military, Marine officials said.· Other revelations serve as cautionary tales about the importance of subordinating military officials to civilian authority.· Hartzog acknowledged that some military officials question his vision.· But military officials denied any such changes are being contemplated.· Some military officials have asserted that the effects of exposure to chemical agents would have been evident among those troops almost immediately.· Senior military officials, including Gen.· A number of lawmakers, independent experts, and former military officials have also expressed this view, including Indiana Sen.
· Mrs Chan, Hong Kong's most popular public official, consistently proved a staunch defender of its autonomy.· The Public Health Service, your local public health officials and your family physician will be able to help you.· The ethical basis for extending effective property rights in the public treasury to officials is overlooked in the Niskanen-type thesis.· He holds more press conferences than any major public official in the country-at least two, and usually three, a week.· Sir John had then stamped off, muttering curses about public officials who didn't seem to care.· Only gradually did control of education pass largely to public officials.· It was enough to have the declaration endorsed by a public official.· The dilemma for local public officials is that once the game of economic development begins, it is difficult to avoid playing.
· In fact, they were senior officials, few in number and recruited through complex competitive examinations.· A senior county council official said later on Tuesday he was not optimistic that the decision would be reversed.· For months, senior officials denied that Washington had any successor in mind.
· In law enforcement agencies particularly, top officials have cleaned out their files and left nothing for an incoming administration.· A top prison official ordered the contract approved without competitive bids and went to work for VitaPro several months later.· They are also paying top officials 10% over the normal pay scales.· Food-throwing by a top administration official in the Roosevelt Room is not a big deal?
· His first lady, a power behind the scenes, insisted that a White House official be fired.· Two White House officials were convicted of serious charges and a third got off on a technicality.· Among the options now under consideration, White House officials said, were a restoration of those earlier restrictions.· Many white officials tend to be terse on the subject.· His job is safe if he wants to stay, White House officials said.· Strike fits requirements White House officials said the potential pilots strike appeared to meet the legal requirement for presidential intervention.
NOUN· But administration officials and other sources now concede that Alispahic remains an influential figure with close ties to Izetbegovic.· Therefore, a cap under current circumstances would not hurt outlays for the poor, according to administration officials.· The contradictions in the Clinton policy were trenchantly described in a recent article by Robert Kagan, a former Reagan administration official.
· However, city officials make it clear that it will remain the only children's home in Ceuta.· Center and city officials play down the troubles, saying they are typical of any start-up operation.· That, city officials and property owners say, is happening now.· He will be accompanied by city officials, including the airport and port directors, business leaders and staff.· The bottom line for city officials: Be kind to your current employers.· Her granddaughter says the old woman was afraid to answer the door, terrified that once again city officials would come knocking.· Some ministers and city officials are outraged, saying the newspaper has crossed the line from satire to tastelessness.· Mayor Richard Riordan and other city officials were on hand for the groundbreaking.
· The new bills will save an average household £50 a year, but today's decision has shocked county officials.· She said she is more concerned by the trouble county officials have had in negotiations with federal agencies.· If county officials confirm that 28, 084 are those of registered voters, a referendum will be held around May 1.· Two years ago, Gallatin County officials tried to fashion a set of brakes.· In choosing Allied, county officials said the company offered more money up front at closing than the other bidders.· It was asked to provide the most inclusive list and leave it to the county officials to double-check the names.· City and county officials said Thursday that they were not concerned about the foreclosure and the deal probably would go through.
· These reforms were partially aimed at reducing the influence of court officials and other persons who served as unofficial lawyers.· The seventh of nine children, Wiedman told court officials he, too, was molested as a child.· They include parchment and paper rolls prepared by receivers, manorial court officials and other functionaries.· His wife rang court officials to say he was ill with food poisoning.· Certainly the various court officials who came and went didn't seem interested.· Neither were judicial and court officials free from the taint of corruption.· In other words, the police, magistrates, judges, and other court officials have too much discretion.
· State Department officials say the presence of Fusaria is not surprising.· Health and Environmental Control Department officials notified about 500 residents of the inspections at a meeting Tuesday.· In Washington, a State Department official speaking on background was far more frank.· The planning department officials assigned to work on the project gave up their summer vacations to bring it in on time.· Senior State Department officials say reduced funding also directly affects policy.· The immediate responses to complaints made by Justice Department officials in the new administration seemed cold-blooded and callous.
· Law enforcement officials said Wednesday that an inspection of the brakes turned up no defects.· A federal law enforcement official said prosecutions seldom are initiated unless the eavesdropper deliberately has used a monitored conversation for other purposes.· For years, federal law enforcement officials were reluctant to penetrate the movement.· Some of the chiefs also urged improved information sharing between schools and law enforcement officials.· Law enforcement officials consider it the most corrupt of six border crossings in Arizona.· It was the first such public statement by any high-ranking law-enforcement official directly involved in the Ray case.
· The move follows criticism by leading local government officials and academics.· They were welcomed by schoolchildren bearing flowers, by government officials, wolf people, reporters and ordinary citizens cheering their appearance.· Despite assurances from government officials that an investigation is in progress, his whereabouts remain unknown.· The surviving stations either are owned by prominent government officials or have close links to the government.· Sources in Xiamen said 159 government officials, including top bankers, are being held in the Jinyan Hotel for interrogation.· Both trips included government officials, as well as business executives seeking contracts abroad.
· But health officials in the Darlington and the Northallerton health authorities said their budgets had allowed for the pay rises.· As a result of the study, health officials are calling on manufacturers and the government to curtail exposures to children.· Read in studio Health officials are warning that so-called rave parties could lead to a drug epidemic.· The incubation period of Hepatitis A is generally a month but can range from 15 to 50 days, health officials said.· Now health officials are working out how to cut the waste of the daily medical marathon.· New York City health officials were able analyze very recent data because the city collects birth and death records for its residents.· Department of Health officials have agreed to meet the conciliation service, Acas.· That system has deteriorated so much that state health officials have stepped in to demand that the city act immediately.
· White House officials denied the president was worried that his foreign policy initiatives might turn sour before Nov. 5.· Strike fits requirements White House officials said the potential pilots strike appeared to meet the legal requirement for presidential intervention.
· Interior ministry officials yesterday admitted that all main roads into Sarajevo were blocked after rebels had cut off the main northern route.· Mr Raduyev announced, according to an Interior Ministry official in Moscow.· If found guilty, the offending brokerages could be shuttered and officials imprisoned, ministry officials said.· A quick visit by Ministry officials soon confirmed his fears.· Most ministry officials are confident that their bureaucracy will survive in its current form.· That opinion was based on an interview Viza had with a foreign ministry official.· He summoned Interior Ministry officials to the royal palace on Jan. 25 to demand a full investigation into the affair.
· The Democratic Party officials and machinery mobilized against him after his surprise primary victory and he lost overwhelmingly in the general election.· Municipal mayors, heads of nonprofit social service agencies, government bureaucrats, contractors and political party officials have all faced charges.· Like these two, many of the participants in the Red Cross exchanges actually were intelligence or party officials.· The revised law laid down strict rules on the issuing of permits for demonstrations and forbade government and party officials from participating.· But party officials said only Sen.· Nor were plebeian members mere foot-soldiers at the disposal of intelligenty party officials.· Welfare Party officials say they hope to join forces with the conservative Motherland Party.
· Most school officials came to regard me, and indirectly the hospital, rather positively.· Whether other teachers or school officials will be considered public officials varies from state to state.· Math scores were even lower. School officials hope to put the stricter promotion standards into place this academic year.· The Supreme Court, in its most recent decision, barred school officials from arranging prayers at graduation ceremonies.· New York school officials said the cost of complying with the decision in one year alone was $ 6 million.· Thus school officials are protected for good-faith actions taken to fulfill their official duties.· Another mere coincidence, say school officials, adding that Tarkanian was adamant about having such a watchdog on staff.· For the order to be reasonable, school officials must have the legal authority to issue it.
· The activity of state officials constitutes what the elite has chosen as its solution.· Some 40 people have since been arrested in connection with the case, and they include police and lower-level state officials.· The head of state would have no powers to dissolve parliament or to appoint state officials without parliamentary approval.· It is state officials who are responsible for finding victims and easing their pain with financial help.· In a ceremony today, state officials will proclaim Nevada 375 the Extraterrestrial Highway.· They currently can seek help from the secretary of the Interior when state officials balk.· Army and state officials decided that it would be safe to build homes nearby, and gave the developer the go-ahead.
VERB· Both sites can hold up to 10, 000 demonstrators, according to city officials.· Caltrain carries more bicyclists than any other commuter rail system in the United States, according to Caltrain officials.· King gave away at least $ 15, 000 in tickets, according to one Valley official with amateur boxing.· Instead, Merrill has played a major role in urging more and stronger attack ads, according to campaign officials.· The sticking points, according to the official, concern existing references to Zionism and the issue of reparation for slavery.· How the money will be divided among cities and states has not been determined, according to an administration official.· Although the museum has been helpful in soliciting donations, according to center officials, it has been a constant money loser.
· An estimated 1,400,000 people were eligible to vote to elect officials who in the past had been appointed by the President.· One more small step away from control by elected officials and toward a government run by the bureaucracy.· Thanks to bitter memories of dictatorship, the constitution forbids a second consecutive term for any elected official.· In a government with term limits for elected officials, the power of the staffs that stay on will only expand.· But the question lingers: Just what visions do our current and former elected officials hold for this state and its people?· The three-hour meeting was attended by 120 representatives of railroads, unions, shippers and elected officials.· They are elected or appointed officials who strive to meet the needs of their constituents through effective and efficient government.· I would love to see the building in adaptive reuse, both personally and as an elected official.
· Now fed-up councillors are planning to meet officials from the Re-Roof Housing Association.· It will be discussed publicly at a meeting Tuesday, officials said.· At Borderway on Tuesday county auctioneers are meeting a senior ministry official, Richard Cowan, to discuss the problems.· J., said after meeting with Air Force officials Thursday.· Prueher reported that Cohen made his views known in a meeting with Pentagon officials last week.
WORD FAMILYnounofficeofficerofficialofficialdomofficialeseofficiousnessadjectiveofficial ≠ unofficialofficiousadverbofficially ≠ unofficiallyofficiouslyverbofficiate
someone who is in a position of authority in an organization: a government official senior administration officialsofficial1 nounofficial2 adjective
officialofficial2 ●●● S3 W2 adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Islam is the official religion of Saudi Arabia.
- Most of the official records of the case were destroyed in a fire in 1965.
- Senator Blake is here on official business.
- The official explanation for the crash was pilot error.
- The official explanation for the man's death was suicide.
- the official opening of the new clinic
- The official procedure for obtaining a visa can turn into a bureaucratic nightmare.
- The First Lady will make an official visit to Haiti.
- The news is not yet official.
- The newspaper claims she spent over £50,000 on an official trip to Australia.
- Visa is an official sponsor of the Winter Olympics.
- What's the government's official policy on drugs education in schools?
- You have to get official permission for building in a conservation area.
- But, as Air Force One took off for Washington, the response of his official hosts was somewhat colder.
- In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.
- Mr Baker adopted the Henry V model for his official morale-boosting speech from the conference platform.
- Nor have official bodies been able to ward off the most sinister threat.
- The truth is that not a single one of the official groups organising protests is planning violent action.
- The Umpires' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb.
- Their applications came complete with curricula vitae and official Discharge Certificates and Conduct Assessments.
- Unlike Soviet official art, the shadowy presence of western popular art has not been systematically documented.
Longman Language Activatorofficial
· What's the government's official policy on drugs education in schools?· You have to get official permission for building in a conservation area.official report/document/data etc · Most of the official records of the case were destroyed in a fire in 1965.official procedure/guidelines/process etc · The official procedure for obtaining a visa can turn into a bureaucratic nightmare.official visit/duties/engagement etc (=officially organized by a government etc) · The newspaper claims she spent over £50,000 on an official trip to Australia.official explanation/line/reason etc · The official explanation for the man's death was suicide.
done officially and publicly, according to established rules and processes: · A formal agreement between the two countries was signed in 1999.· Fifteen formal complaints have been made about the hospital in the past year.· Her lawyers have made a formal request that she be allowed to stay in the country until her husband's trial.
also authorised British officially approved, or having official permission from a government or other organization: · Check that you have the authorized version of the software.· We will send round one of our authorized representatives to discuss the purchase with you.· Access is only given to authorized personnel.
if a politician, government official etc says something on (the) record , they say it publicly and officially: · Mr Senator, will you now confirm on the record that none of these rumors are true?be on record as saying/stating etc: · She's on record as saying that she would resign if the vote went against her.go on (the) record (=agree to say something officially): · Privately, many MPs are critical of the policy, but none is willing to go on the record.
to make something official also formalise British to make something such as a plan, process, or agreement official, for example by signing a formal contract: · The new law is intended to further formalize the process of adopting children from overseas.· a charter to formalize patients' rights in public health services· Most measures to formalize wage negotiations have so far been very successful.
not official not done according to official rules or processes, or not officially approved by a government or other organization: · She seems to have become the unofficial spokesman for the group.· The Prime Minister discussed the matter with his German counterpart on an unofficial visit to his home last month.· Unofficial sources say that over 100 people were shot dead in the rioting.
informal discussions, agreements, offers etc are not official and have not been officially approved: · The two companies have an informal arrangement to share each other's sports and leisure facilities.· The report was based on informal discussions with women MPs and their families.· I was offered the job after an informal interview in the staff canteen.
if someone tells you something off the record , they are not giving you the official opinion of their organization and do not want what they say to be made public: · Strictly off the record, my feeling is that we are going to lose the election.· Off the record, police officers are saying they are more and more unwilling to arrest those found in possession of small amounts of cannabis.
WORD SETSaccession, nounaccredited, adjectiveaide, nounambassador, nounapparatchik, nounarchduke, nounassemblyman, nounassemblywoman, nounattaché, nounbadge, nounborough council, nouncaliph, nounchamberlain, nounchancellery, nounchancellor, nounChancellor of the Exchequer, nounchieftain, nouncity fathers, nouncity planning, nouncivil servant, nounclerk, nounclerk of works, nounCllr, commissioner, nouncomptroller, nouncongressman, nouncongresswoman, nounconsul, nounconsulate, nouncoroner, nouncouncillor, nouncouncilman, nouncouncilwoman, nouncourtier, nouncrown, nouncrown, verbcrowned head, nounCrown Prince, nounCrown Princess, nounCustoms and Excise, noun-cy, suffixczar, nounczarina, noundeputy, noundictator, noundignitary, noundiplomat, noundiplomatic, adjectivediplomatic corps, noundiplomatic immunity, noundispatch box, noundispensation, noun-dom, suffixdossier, noundrug czar, nounducal, adjectiveduchess, nounduchy, nounduke, noundukedom, nounelder statesman, nounembassy, nounemirate, nounemissary, nounemperor, nounempress, nounEurocrat, nounfigurehead, nounForeign Office, the, governor, nounGovernor-General, noungovernorship, noungubernatorial, adjectivehack, nounHome Secretary, nounimpeach, verbinaugurate, verbincumbency, nounincumbent, nounkhalif, nounkhan, nounlegate, nounlegation, nounlegislator, nounlocal council, nounlord, nounLord, nounmandarin, nounmarshal, nounmayor, nounmayoralty, nounmayoress, nounmember, nounMember of Parliament, nounMEP, nounMI5, nounMI6, nounminister, nounministerial, adjectiveminister of state, nounmission, nounmole, nounmonarch, nounmonitor, nounmotorcade, nounMP, nounNo. 10, occupy, verb-ocrat, suffixoffice, nounoffice holder, nounofficer, nounofficial, nounofficial, adjectiveofficialdom, nounofficialese, nounoverlord, nounpalace, nounpatriarchal, adjectivepatrician, adjectivePharaoh, nounplenipotentiary, nounPM, nounpost, verbposting, nounpotentate, nounPPS, nounprefect, nounpremier, nounpres., presidency, nounpresident, nounpresident-elect, nounpresidential, adjectivepress secretary, nounpretender, nounPrime Minister, nounprince, nounprince consort, nounprincess, nounproconsul, nounproconsulate, nounProvost, nounpublic servant, nounquango, nounqueen, nounqueenly, adjectiveQueen Mother, nounrajah, nounred tape, nounreeve, nounreign, nounreign, verbreshuffle, nounroyal, adjectiveroyal, nounroyalty, nounruler, nounsecretary, nounsenator, nounShah, nounsheriff, nounshogun, nounsovereign, nounsoviet, nounstatesman, nounsuccession, nounsultan, nounsultana, nountechnocrat, nountown clerk, nountown council, nountribune, nountriumvirate, nountroika, nountsar, nountsarina, nountzar, nountzarina, nounundersecretary, nounvice-president, nounviceroy, nounvizier, nounVP, nounwalkabout, nounwatchdog, nounwhip, nounWhite House, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 2nouns There has still been no official confirmation of the report. Journalists are often too willing to accept the official line (=the opinion that a government states officially). the official mascot of the 2002 World Cup We received official notification that Harry was missing. the ambassador’s official residence
(=one that relates to an important job or position)· The prime minister was on an official visit to China.
(=the things someone does as part of their job or position)· the royal family's official duties.
(=a house someone is able to use as part of their important job)· the ambassador's official residence in London
(=someone's official position or duty)· He spent Wednesday in Washington acting in his official capacity as Senate majority leader.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· No official announcement is expected until next year.
· The company has made an official apology and is offering compensation.
· Finance ministers gave their formal approval in July.
(=someone with a position of authority in the club)· At this meeting we will elect new club officials.
· The man has lodged a formal complaint against the police.
There has still been no official confirmation of the report.· The Army has consistently issued official denials of involvement.
(=in a government department)· a senior justice department official
· The new president will take up his official duties next month.
· This is the prime minister's first official engagement since the elections.
(=accepted by people in authority)· According to official army estimates, more than 500 rebels had been killed.
· According to official figures, two million houses in England are inadequately heated.
(=someone who works for a government in an official position)· He had a meeting with French scientists and government officials.
· The outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited.
· Preparations were made in advance of the official inspection.
· The president received a formal invitation to visit Nigeria.
(=the language used for official business in a country)· Canada has two official languages: English and French.
· I received an official letter thanking me for my enquiry.
Journalists are often too willing to accept the official line (=the opinion that a government states officially). the official mascot of the 2002 World Cup We received official notification that Harry was missing.· The incident has angered senior party officials.
· Mr Murphy was granted official permission to travel to North Korea.
(=one that a government or organization says officially that it has)· This was the French government’s official position.
· He has no official position in the government.
· Last month, a prisoner attacked two prison officers with a knife.
· Everything would soon get better, according to the official propaganda.
· After an official reception at the Embassy, they visited the White House.
· This has been the wettest winter since official records began.
· Black graduates still face discrimination from employers, according to an official report.
the ambassador’s official residence (=a government secret)· He was accused of passing on state secrets to a foreign power.
(=in an organization)· a meeting of senior government officials
· The company is expected to make an official statement tomorrow.
· Official statistics indicate that educational standards are improving.
· The president made an official visit to France this week.
· The International Olympic Committee’s official website has a lot of interesting information.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· There is, however, plenty of evidence to suggest that Manet and many other artists craved official approval.· As many additional columns should be provided as may be demanded in accordance with the number of official approvals required.· Broadly speaking, it's best to ask your local authority about whether any official approval is needed before going ahead.· The mainland media were warned not to report the case without official approval.· The group reckons that official approval will follow around two years later.· Rewards may be given in terms of pay, promotion, status, official approval etc.
· Previously he had been engaged in making a geological map of Devon and he now continued this work in an official capacity.· Dole spent Wednesday in Washington acting in his official capacity as Senate majority leader.· In our official capacities that is all that we need do.· No one who was not in some official capacity was to approach within fifty yards.· We allow officials acting in their official capacity no such area at all.· He was staying on Sula Sgeir with the guga hunters to make observations in his official capacity.· But since, technically, she'd never even been employed in any official capacity, she could hardly have cared less.
· Several major law firms have recently enacted codes of conduct to delineate appropriate behavior and to ward off official complaints.· No wonder people sometimes start right off with an official complaint or even a writ.· I never even had to file an official complaint.· They've lodged an official complaint against the police, who they say were treating the case as suicide.· She's made an official complaint - just one of a record number received by Thames Valley Police this year.· The couple have lodged an official complaint against Gloucestershire police.· Ian Arrol's parents say the police shouldn't have chased him and have lodge an official complaint.
· The latitude for administrative discretion in individual cases surely encouraged rather than checked official corruption.· Integrity provides protection against partiality or deceit or other forms of official corruption, for example.· This bitter complaint and reference to lavish party practices and official corruption was to grow louder over the year.
· Bombay: An official denial of moves to end price controls on steel triggered nervous long liquidation across the board.· Despite official denials, William Waldegrave, the health secretary, is unpopular in Downing Street.· The Army has consistently issued official denials of involvement.
· The official document was still laid out on the centre of the table alongside the first few lines of his handwritten duplicate.· They were married in a room smelling of varnish and floor wax, and official documents growing musty in the filing cabinets.· Arrests were also reported of members of a major network of financial corruption involving the falsification of official documents.· Even the feel of an official document did not comfort.· One covered the verification of official documents, one dealt with compensation for lost mail and one established mechanisms for future contacts.· Clearly, too, the resistance and sabotage mentioned in official documents were the exception, not the rule.· It was resolved to deposit the Damascus Declaration with the Arab League as an official document.· He sat once again at his desk and began to consider how to get the official document translated without arousing further suspicion.
· My first official duty was to help launch the Water 4 Life campaign.· Most of his official duties had entailed preparations for the annual fish fry.· Moreover, 87% think that the Royals should be protected from photographers when not on official duty.· The privileges are supposed to cover mail sent as part of official duties.· What characterises bureaucracy is the rational and systematic way in which official duties are defined and distributed.· Thus school officials are protected for good-faith actions taken to fulfill their official duties.· It was Potrovsky's first day of official duty.· Most senators complain that their perpetual race for money distracts them from official duties.
· The royal couple are rarely seen together outside official engagements.
· The discrepancy between the official figures and those produced by the Unemployment Unit varies, but is usually between 500,000 and 700,000.· The economy may be growing, official figures for April suggest.· Thirdly, even within a particular denomination, the official figures may not be strictly comparable over time.· Latest official figures show that shoppers are even turning to credit again, to buy presents and stock up for Christmas.· And between then and 1998, the last year for which official figures are available, the average was 462.· According to official figures, the earthquake, measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, left more than 20,000 homeless.· Should such short-term unemployment be counted in the official figures?
· The official government figures need to be treated with some caution.· Result: a black market in official government receipts with special stamps.· The study was based on satellite photographs and official government data from 1987.· The Khmer Rouge has been at war with the official Government since 1979.· Solana, a physicist, was from 1982-88 Minister of Culture, and from 1985 also official government spokesperson.· There should be an official Government refugee resettlement programme.· Maybe in the national interest new company incorporation certificates should carry an official government warning!
· Under a Labour government, this committee would become an official inquiry into electoral reform.· The clean-up will continue for many months while the outcome of the official inquiry will be eagerly awaited.· The government has launched an official inquiry into his alleged ill-treatment but no findings have been made public.· As protest spread to provincial towns on May 25, Bongo ordered an official inquiry into Rendjambe's death.· But it would look a little odd if we were to start an official inquiry into his origins and background now.· And they are refusing to pay out on the late flood of bets until the official inquiry is complete.· Robert Maxwell was once declared unfit to be in charge of a major public company by an official inquiry.
· Short-sighted Sinhalese politicians decided, after independence in 1948, to make Sinhalese the only official language.· The Constitution stresses the primacy of Hindi which, written in Devanagari script, is the nation's official language.· They must speak only in one of four official languages.· It should be an easy task to produce a comparative table listing official language policies.
· Is this Dunfermline's official line?· The official line on all this often sounds remarkably complacent.· Or proof of energies undimmed, as says the official line.· The official line is that it remains Government policy never to comment on allegations of this nature.· Journalists too easily accept the official line.· He quickly established its critical reputation and the Institute became the focal point of specialist dissent from the official line.· There were points of Government policy where I disagreed with the official line.· The volatility and their non-guaranteed status do not sit comfortably with the official line linking the two benefits.
· Luncheon in the Court room for senior staff and guests followed the official opening ceremony.· The official opening, on 15 May, 1903, was a splendid celebration of municipal enterprise.· The official opening of the Akira Ikeda Gallery is scheduled for October.· Ken will perform the official opening at noon on Wednesday, June 16.· I wasn't at the official opening on 14 June but discovered it two days later.· The official opening ceremony was performed by junior health minister Tom Sackville, during a visit to the hospital.
· There is no official party whipping.· Henry Hyde, R-Ill., a longtime abortion opponent tapped by Dole to chair the committee crafting the official party platform.· Was it to be an official Party document or a pamphlet in the name of Quintin Hogg?· The New Democratic party won 13 seats, which allows them to retain their official party standing.· He also won the 12 seats needed to be recognised as an official party.
· The clinical and research developments which have led to changes in the official policy will now be described.· In between these two is what has been often called the macro orientation with its focus upon formal structures and official policies.· It explores the inter-relationships between official policy and professional practice and their adaptation to each other.· And some intellectuals have criticized official policy without suffering repercussions.· Opposition to official policy was not confined to parliamentarians, but extended even to members of the Imperial family.· Some A.S.M. members have told me that current official policy is wrong.· There hardly seemed room for the Party's official policy.· All these points were approved for printing some months before they became official policy.
· However, this time the Central Committee intervened to remove Piatakov from his official position.· She denies any suggestion that she used her official position for personal gain.· Politically motivated intellectuals tended not to fall silent on receiving official positions but to capitalize on their prominence.· It will be a few weeks and several meetings before it has established an official position.· They are formal, official positions within the church organization.· Organized group politics would have been incompatible with the official position of the party.· There must be no suspicion that you are making use of your official position to further your private interests.
· The official rate of unemployment reached 20 percent at the end of 1985.· In 1974 the official rate for the dollar was 17 dinars; by early 1988 it was over 1,300 dinars.· The use of the official rate hugely understates exports and imports, and distorts year-on-year comparisons.· The profit was the difference between the higher black market and lower official rate.· Entrepreneurs immediately became staunch patriots, and agreed to pay wages only at the official rate.· From that date, all foreign exchange receipts were to be surrendered to authorized banks at the official rates of exchange.· Guidebooks advise travellers to bring their fully duty-free quota, to offset the official rate of exchange.
· A creditor may appoint the official receiver to be his general or special proxy.· The official receiver has been called in to work out how much the firm, which folded last year, owed.· And the official receiver has warned that more job losses could follow if threatened strikes at other plants go ahead.· The official receiver was duly ordered to exploit the film.· The official receiver has been called into the firm, which ceased trading last June.
· Voters supported proposition 22 by 61 % to 39 %, bestowing official recognition only on marriages between men and women.· The stigmata on this foot was carefully examined during its official recognition in 1597.· Blake returned to London a hero in the eyes of MI6 but the secret nature of his work precluded any official recognition.· But for the forgotten victims - the wives - there is little official recognition, let alone pressure for reform.· A further twenty-three laborious years were to elapse before official recognition of his services to Britain was given.· In this way, for the first time, the Association obtains official recognition.· He gained only minimal official recognition for his work; death prevented his election to the Royal Society.· This afforded Ted Church's involvement official recognition.
· However official records seem to be almost non-existent.· He studied languages, studied political theory, knew diseases intimately, had official records of his skill as a pilot.· They combined this with interviewing, some taking of life-histories, and the use of various official records and other documents.· Given the sorry state of official records, the only hope is living memories or undiscovered data.· A report by the Demos thinktank estimates that 624,000 have disappeared from official records.· The official records include heralds' visitations, grants of arms, and pedigrees.· Read in studio A manager at the government communications headquarters faces disciplinary action after official records were destroyed.· Once the next meeting has approved them, they form the official record of what happened and what was decided.
· The official reports are also reticent.· In his research for Hollywood Haven, Schnauber used both official reports from government offices and original documents.· In 1986 an official report recorded that over a thousand monuments were in urgent need of restoration or protection from pollution.· An inter-nationality conflict developed on 15-16 July which led, according to official reports, to 11 deaths and 127 hospital cases.· The official report into the accident says it was caused by pilot error.· The official report echoes eyewitness accounts of fire on board shortly after takeoff from the Upper Heyford base in Oxfordshire.· An official report of 1837 on the work of the foreign ministry was uncompromising on this point.· The official report of a government investigation into the fire was not even published in full until 1988.
· He was to spend most of the next fourteen years in official residences.· The administration had now returned to its official residence, and the business of government was under way.· There he had an official residence, but he continued to run his Whitechapel nursery, with another in London Fields.· In addition to a salary, most governors received perquisites such as transportation and an official residence.· There was no need for an official residence for the Foreign Secretary.· No departing presidential couple in history have ever left the official residence so bowed down with booty.
· Our information from official sources is that there is no immediate crisis.· I can get most of the facts from official sources.· This arose partly from the ever present pressure from official sources to complete the survey of the country.· However, official sources in Dublin have advised fans planning to make the trip to submit travel-document applications immediately.· The documents he provided for Strype helped counterbalance the reliance upon official sources in Strype's histories of Elizabethan archbishops.· At least sixteen people were killed, according to official sources, and a curfew had to be introduced.· Even official sources now accept that tall stacks tend to increase long-range transport of pollution.
· An official statement the companies were hammering out also at press time was unlikely to clarify that point.· By contrast, the Justus Township standoff has been notable for the lack of any official statements.· Does he intend to take action on that official statement?· Amtrak refused to confirm that date Wednesday, saying an official statement will be made today.· Journalistic speculation and inference about official statements are not protected.· Government documents and official statements concerning integration are replete with romantic and ill-defined language.· The various official statements are unhelpful in practice.· At least four official statements have been made by the United Kingdom.
· There are, he quoted from official statistics, 39 people chasing every job.· So anything you can do to keep your home out of the official statistics really could be a matter of life or death.· In yesterday's Independent, growing concern was reported about the integrity of official statistics.· The use of official statistics, for example, has a long history in many of the social sciences.· In the twentieth century official statistics showed the number of cattle rising at a slower rate than the number of people.· Yet it is instantly available, unlike official statistics that are always out of date.· The research explores the determinants of strike activity using regression analyses of yearly time series data obtained from official statistics.· The official statistics only include those accepted as homeless by local authority, and they are mainly households with children.
· It was the end of his second, probably last, official visit.· In fact it was surprising how good they were to us on most of our official visits.· Yesterday he was on an official visit home.· But her guard slipped briefly as she walked back to her limousine after an official visit in London.· While his wife is on an official visit to Paris, he will spend his birthday at Highgrove, his Gloucestershire home.
WORD FAMILYnounofficeofficerofficialofficialdomofficialeseofficiousnessadjectiveofficial ≠ unofficialofficiousadverbofficially ≠ unofficiallyofficiouslyverbofficiate
1approved of or done by someone in authority, especially the government: an official investigation into the causes of the explosion the official policy on education official statistics about illegal drug use You will have to get official permission first. Finally the letter of appointment came, making it all official.2relating to or done as part of an important job or positionan official visit/engagement etc The president was leaving for a four-day official tour of Mexico. the Queen’s performance of official duties They dined in an official capacity with other European leaders. the Lord Mayor’s official residence3an official explanation, account etc is one that is given formally and publicly, but may not be true: Many doubted the official version of events. The official line (=what is said publicly by people in authority) was that the troops were there to protect the King.4chosen to represent someone or an organization, or do something for them: the company’s official logo the official representative from the American administration5an official event is a formal public event: The official opening of the institute was in May.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2nounsan official visit/engagement etc (=one that relates to an important job or position)· The prime minister was on an official visit to China.somebody's official duties (=the things someone does as part of their job or position)· the royal family's official duties.an official residence (=a house someone is able to use as part of their important job)· the ambassador's official residence in Londonsomebody's official capacity (=someone's official position or duty)· He spent Wednesday in Washington acting in his official capacity as Senate majority leader.