The meaning of Official

noun

A person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business or organization.

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Hospital administrators

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Someone whose job is to manage a business or business activity

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A new administrator has taken over at the park, and more stringent business practices are in place.…

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A person who acts on behalf of another person or group.

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In the event of illness, a durable power of attorney enabled her nephew to act as her agent

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A person who acts for or represents another

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A travel agent, he is the agent for several of the highest paid players in baseball., a secret agen…

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A person who is paid to buy or sell products or provide a service for a company, but who is not a regular employee

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Following the recent insurance scam, legislation is being put in place to ensure all agents protect…

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A member of a communist party apparat.

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Old apparatchiks have given way to the russian government's young reformers

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A loyal and senior member of a political party, especially the communist party in the former ussr

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A former apparatchik in the communist party, she became a diplomat.

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A person to whom a job or role is assigned.

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An appointee to to the federal judiciary

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A person who is appointed to a job or position

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The 39-year-old is a commerce department political appointee (= someone who gets a job because of s…

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Someone who has been chosen officially for a job or responsibility

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One in five of the new appointees is female.

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An official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs.

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The unemployed will be dealt with not by faceless bureaucrats but by individuals

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A member of a bureaucracy

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School administrators, she said, who are the on-the-spot bureaucrats, should make these decisions r…

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An official who works in a bureaucracy

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Career/federal/government bureaucrats

adjective

Relating to a system of government in which most of the important decisions are taken by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

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Well-established bureaucratic procedures

adjective

Relating to or used for formal religious or public events.

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A ceremonial occasion

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The system of rules and procedures to be observed at a formal or religious occasion.

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The procedure was conducted with all due ceremonial

adjective

Related to, used in, or involving a ceremony (= a fixed set of formal acts performed on important social or religious occasions)

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A marine honour guard flanks the president during ceremonial events at the white house., the men we…

adjective

Relating or appropriate to grand and formal occasions.

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A great hall where ceremonious and public appearances were made

noun

A person considered to be important because of high rank or office.

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The guests included former shareholders, local dignitaries, and many of the people directly involve…

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A person who has an important position in a society

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His responsibilities included welcoming visiting dignitaries from foreign countries.

adjective

Relating to or having the power to put plans or actions into effect.

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An executive chairman

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A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business.

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Account executives

adjective

Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.

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A formal dinner party

noun

An evening dress.

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Cocktail parties every night so the ladies can show off their formals

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A person who has to perform official functions or duties; an official.

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So, there is a need to train both the government officials and functionaries of agencies, which tak…

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The standard literary and official form of chinese, spoken by over 730 million people.

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After the fall of the manchu dynasty in 1911, in place of classical chinese, the new republican gov…

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A small flattish citrus fruit with a loose yellow-orange skin.

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Tangerines are actually a type of mandarin orange as are clementines, but here in the us, the names…

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A small, sweet type of orange that has a thinner, looser skin

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Peel and segment two mandarins and set aside., i've also had this salad with mandarin orange slices…

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A person who holds a position of authority and responsibility in a government or other organization

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The new office-bearer was briefed on his responsibilities.

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→  office-bearer

noun

A person holding a position of authority, especially one with a commission, in the armed services, the mercantile marine, or on a passenger ship.

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He is also a serving officer in the army

verb

Provide with military officers.

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The aristocracy wielded considerable power, officering the army

noun

A person in the armed forces who has a position of authority

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Mike’s father was an officer in the us marines., the chief financial officer

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

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I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

adjective

Denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine.

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She's never had a proper job

adverb

Satisfactorily or correctly.

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My eyes were all blurry and i couldn't see proper

noun

The part of a church service that varies with the season or feast.

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We go to the high mass, with plainsong propers sung by the ritual choir

adjective

Typical of a class, group, or body of opinion.

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Churchill was not properly representative of influential opinion in britain

noun

A person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.

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The duke of gloucester would attend the coronation as the representative of his father, king george v

noun

A member of the us house of representatives; a congressman or congresswoman

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The company has representatives in most european capitals., a good political poll is based on a rep…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of rituals followed as part of a religious or solemn ceremony.

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A ritualistic act of worship

adjective

Connected with or like a ritual (= a set of fixed actions, especially ones performed as part of a ceremony)

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The ritualistic sacrifice of animals, her daily exercise routine is regular, almost ritualistic.

adjective

Formal and dignified.

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A solemn procession

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

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A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

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When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

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Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

noun

Someone who behaves in a very formal and old-fashioned way and thinks that they are very important