official

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ high-ranking, prominent, senior, top

▪ junior, minor

▪ local, provincial, regional

▪ public

▪ administration, departmental, federal, government, state

▪

a senior Bush administration official

▪ full-time

▪

full-time union officials

▪ retired

▪ elected

▪ responsible

▪

Report the incident to the responsible official.

▪

the official responsible for handling the case

▪ corrupt

▪ bank, city, company, corporate, council, court, customs, health, intelligence, judicial, law enforcement (esp. AmE), military, ministry (esp. BrE), party, royal, union

▪

the FBI and other law enforcement officials

▪

his background as a union official

VERB + OFFICIAL

▪ appoint (sb)

▪ consult, consult with (esp. AmE), meet, meet with (esp. AmE)

▪

She is due to meet with local officials to discuss possible relief projects.

▪ bribe

▪

He attempted to bribe local officials.

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adj.

Official is used with these nouns: ↑acceptance, ↑acknowledgement, ↑agency, ↑announcement, ↑apology, ↑appointment, ↑approval, ↑assurance, ↑authorization, ↑backing, ↑banquet, ↑biography, ↑blessing, ↑bulletin, ↑business, ↑campaign, ↑capacity, ↑celebration, ↑censorship, ↑censure, ↑census, ↑ceremony, ↑channel, ↑circle, ↑clearance, ↑comment, ↑commission, ↑communication, ↑communiqué, ↑complaint, ↑condemnation, ↑confirmation, ↑correspondence, ↑corruption, ↑cover, ↑currency, ↑curriculum, ↑declaration, ↑definition, ↑delegation, ↑denial, ↑dinner, ↑disapproval, ↑document, ↑duty, ↑endorsement, ↑engagement, ↑enquiry, ↑estimate, ↑exchange, ↑explanation, ↑figure, ↑file, ↑forecast, ↑function, ↑funding, ↑guideline, ↑historian, ↑history, ↑ideology, ↑inauguration, ↑index, ↑journal, ↑language, ↑launch, ↑letter, ↑line, ↑logo, ↑magazine, ↑media, ↑meeting, ↑mourning, ↑mouthpiece, ↑name, ↑notification, ↑opening, ↑organization, ↑paper, ↑permission, ↑photographer, ↑policy, ↑position, ↑presentation, ↑proclamation, ↑propaganda, ↑protest, ↑publication, ↑receiver, ↑reception, ↑recognition, ↑recommendation, ↑record, ↑regulation, ↑release, ↑religion, ↑report, ↑representative, ↑reprimand, ↑request, ↑residence, ↑response, ↑result, ↑retirement, ↑rhetoric, ↑rule, ↑sanction, ↑secrecy, ↑secret, ↑site, ↑source, ↑sponsor, ↑stamp, ↑stance, ↑standard, ↑statement, ↑statistics, ↑story, ↑strike, ↑supplier, ↑support, ↑talk, ↑teaching, ↑title, ↑tour, ↑transcript, ↑union, ↑use, ↑version, ↑visit, ↑warning, ↑watchdog, ↑website, ↑welcome