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Entry Word:: official
Function:: adjective

Text: ordered or allowed by those in authority<the official languages for those Olympic Games were French and English>Synonymsauthorized, sanctionedRelated Wordslegal, permissible; approved, endorsed; abetted, encouraged, promoted, suggested, supported; certified, licensed (also licenced); authoritative, canonical, ex officio; semiofficialNear Antonymsillegal, illicit, unlawful; unapproved, unendorsed, unlicensedAntonymsunauthorized, unofficial, unsanctioned

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