- a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- of or relating to an office or position of duty, trust, or authority: official powers.
- authorized or issued authoritatively: an official report.
- holding office.
- appointed or authorized to act in a designated capacity: an official representative.
- (of an activity or event) intended for the notice of the public and performed or held on behalf of officials or of an organization; formal: the official opening of a store.
- noting drugs or drug preparations that are recognized by and that conform to the standards of the United States Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary.
- of or relating to an office, its administration, or its duration
- sanctioned by, recognized by, or derived from authority
- appointed by authority, esp for some special duty
- having a formal ceremonial character
- a person who holds a position in an organization, government department, etc, esp a subordinate position
- of or relating to one of the two factions of the IRA and Sinn Féin, created by a split in 1969. The Official movement subsequently renounced terrorism and entered constitutional politics in the Irish Republic as the Workers' Party (now the Democratic Left)
- a member of the Official IRA and Sinn Féin
