How to use official in a sentence. A person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties. See examples of official used in a sentence. An official language is one that is used by the government of a country when making its laws, in official documents, etc.: An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior or employer, public or legally private). A person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties
Of or pertaining to an office or position of duty, trust, or authority Appointed, authorized, or approved by a government or organization Of or relating to an office or to a position of duty, trust, or authority:[before a noun] official powers Appointed, authorized, recognized, or approved by a government or organization If something is official, it's authorized and approved by somebody If gatorade is the official drink of the olympics, somebody with authority has signed some papers and a deal has been made.
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