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# officially

«officially» in Mova's school dictionary: **approved by people in charge, according to the rules or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (officially)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Officially means in a way that is approved by people in charge, according to the rules or the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#m1)

2) Officially can mean in public, according to what has been announced, even if the truth may be different. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#m2)

3) (informal) Officially is used for fun to mean "really and truly", as in "I'm officially starving". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life something becomes official when someone in charge says so: a school is officially opened, a record is officially broken. In news, "officially" contrasts with what really happens ("officially he resigned, but really he was pushed out"). Children use it jokily to make a big statement. Phrases: "officially opened", "officially announced", "officially, …", "it's official".

### examples

- The new library was officially opened by the mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x1)
- Summer is officially here — the pool is open! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x2)
- Our team is officially the champion of the league. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x3)
- Officially the shop closes at six, but they often stay open later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x4)
- The record was not officially counted because the wind was too strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x5)
- (informal) I've eaten four pancakes, so I'm officially full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x6)
- She is now officially a teenager. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officially/#x7)

### note

Adjective: official; noun: an official (a person with an important job). Spelled with double f and double l. In formal writing "officially" means by the proper authority; in casual speech it is often just an intensifier.

### In the corpora

- [Parents often make a shortlist of names, and the name must be registered officially within a few weeks of the birth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/17/)
- [Know what was officially announced, and stop there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/4/)
- [The five rings stand for the inhabited continents coming together, but no ring officially belongs to one continent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/62-the-olympics-and-paralympics/7/)
- [Only about a dozen countries officially recognise Taiwan as a country, though many more trade and talk with it unofficially.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/29-taiwan-china-and-the-word-tensions/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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