official

Definition:
1. The job of somebody who is in a position of authority.
2. A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
3. Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport.
4. Having official authority or sanction.
5. Of or relating to an office.

Use 'official' in a sentence:

1. The president is in Brazil for an official two-day visit.
2. How many official documents have been transcribed into Braille for blind people?
3. The senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties.
4. An official pushed through the throng.
5. He attended in his official capacity as mayor.
6. No official permission has been given for the event to take place.
7. Public health officials were called in to inspect the premises.
8. Official reports said casualties were high.
9. The plan will be submitted to the committee for official approval.
10. Customs officials turned the man over to the police.
11. The goods were exported with official connivance.
12. A team of British officials were sent as observers to the conference.
13. The official death toll has now reached 7 000.
14. Official statistics show real wages declining by 24%.
15. We have no official business to bind us.
16. He flunked out, a school official told CNN.
17. I only knew the official version of events.
18. They remonstrated with the official about the decision.
19. The newspaper has become the official mouthpiece of the opposition party.
20. In India, there are fifteen official languages.
21. A senior White House official said the agreement is close.
22. A senior UN official hopes to visit Baghdad this month.
23. An official inquiry has been launched into the cause of the accident.
24. Officials concerned with environmental policy predict that a day of reckoning will come.
25. The People's Daily is the official organ of the Communist Party of China.
26. The official story has always been that they are just good friends.
27. The country's official language is Spanish.
28. Government officials do not want these comments in the open.
29. Is English an official language in your country?
30. The news is not yet official.
31. He made an official visit to Tokyo in March.
32. The official launch date is in May.
33. The official opening is planned for October.
34. In some ways, the official opening is a formality.
35. Passengers may be set down and picked up only at the official stops.
36. They ignored the official party line.
37. Officials of all member states receive certain privileges and immunities.
38. An official decree invalidated the vote in the capital.
39. He was a White House official during the Bush presidency.
40. The company's official retiring age is 65.
41. According to official statistics the disease killed over 500 people.
42. Her official designation is Financial Controller.
43. Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
44. The official title of the job is 'Administrative Assistant'.
45. The official report basically exonerated everyone.
46. He supported the official line on education.
47. This was her first official engagement.
48. It was her first official engagement.