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# official

«official» in Mova's school dictionary: **approved by people in charge, like a government, school…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (official); noun (an official, officials)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Official means approved by people in charge, like a government, school or organisation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#m1)

2) Official also means done as part of a job or in a formal way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#m2)

3) An official is a person with an important job in an organisation, like a referee or a government worker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, official documents include passports and birth certificates; an official website or app comes from the real organisation. In online safety, children check whether information or a message is official or fake. In sports, officials such as referees and umpires enforce the rules. Official languages are the languages a country uses for law and government. Phrases: official language, official website, make it official, school official, officially.

### examples

- English is an official language of Canada, along with French. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x1)
- The results are now official. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x2)
- Get information from the official website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x3)
- The officials checked the race times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x4)
- The prime minister made an official visit to Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x5)
- It's official: we're getting a puppy! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x6)
- Ask an official at the station for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x7)
- Ireland has two official languages, Irish and English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x8)
- The Sultan's officials returned to the ship and showed the royal order to the captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/#x9)

### note

Do not confuse with «officer» (police officer) or «office» (a workplace). Adverb: officially. Unofficial = not approved.

### In the corpora

- [A divorce is the official legal end of a marriage, and "the divorce came through" means the court has finished it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/15-when-parents-separate/11/)
- [At the bottom are the facts: dates, official statements from the Palace, things filmed for everyone to see.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/3/)
- [Many pop songs are written by teams, and everyone whose work is used gets a credit, an official mention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/11/)
- ["Collateral damage" is official military language for ordinary people killed or property destroyed by accident in an attack.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/8/)
- ["Neutralized" in official military or police talk means killed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «official» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/official/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.