government official
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈɡʌvərnmənt əˈfɪʃəl/
- After the election, many new government officials took their oaths of office in a ceremony.
- U.S. government officials
- senior government officials
- top government officials
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- Suffice to say, he was the son of a very high-ranking government official in Louisiana.
- It also could be police, could be government agency or a government official.
- Scott Reactions So let's start with a bipartisan bill to ban federal government officials from owning and trading individual stocks.
- You sat across from CE OS board members, you know, government officials from the federal level to the municipal level.
- And it was about, you know, local officials and ties with corrupt, some corrupt Russian government officials.
- See, capitalism is if the government doesn't run it, if a private individual who's not a government official runs it, well then it's capitalism.
- We've got to take over what the US Treasury was doing and created in the hands of private bankers without any government officials.
Examples
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Kabul must now supply reliable funding to help these new government officials provide services to the people.
Academic text (2011) -
The board would be composed of consumer advocates, government officials, and representatives of industry and environmental organizations.
Academic text (1991) -
For most Americans, increasing employment should be the primary responsibility of all government officials.
Academic text (2011) -
The next day, government officials came down and tested the soil.
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I think we need to hold our government officials accountable to following the best guidance possible in making their decisions.
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Such cars were mostly used by government officials and driven by chauffeurs.
Fiction book (1996) -
Government officials have issued a Colony-wide state of emergency.
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Our foreign ministers work very effectively together; other government officials have actively participated in this process.
Academic text (1990) -
At 10:30 hours Wednesday, a group of government officials began a tour of the Livermore Defense Lab.
Fiction book (1996) -
Others, among them government officials and British Army officers, have already left the city for the races at Fairyhouse in County Meath.
Synonyms
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3.0
An elected official who leads a state government
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3.7
A person who works for a government or organization and has power to make and enforce rules
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1.7
An elected leader who runs a city or town government
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2.9
A person who works in government or politics, often as an elected leader
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2.1
A person chosen to hold a responsible position in a company, club, or government
862
3.0
A senior government official who leads a department
572
5.1
A person who manages a government department or public service
411
4.1
A senior government official who leads a major department
232
3.7
A person who manages and runs an organization like a business or government agency
141
5.6
A person who works in a government office and often cares more about rules than people
103
4.5
A senior person who manages a government department
43
3.0
A person who works for the government, elected or appointed
39
6.8
A senior official who helps the head of a government department make decisions
35
7.7
A member of a city council elected to represent a local area
16
3.7
A person who works for the government and acts for it
15
8.0
A senior official in government or the police who leads a region
10
3.5
A person appointed, not elected, to run a city's daily government work
8
7.7
A person who has an official job in a government or large organization
8
4.4
A person who has an official job with power and responsibility in a government or organization
5
3.7
A person in the government who leads a department and makes rules about it
1
6.5
A person who represents the country's king or queen and does official jobs like signing laws
1
4.4
A person who works for the state in an official job
1
4.4
A person who holds an official government job that is not military
1
4.4
A person who manages office work and makes official decisions in a government or large organization
1
6.7
A person who has an official position in a club or organization
A government official who represents their country in another country and ranks below an ambassador
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'government' (the state or its administration) combined with 'official' (a person who holds authority) yields a person who holds a position in the government. This is a common, cross-linguistic noun–noun configuration and a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Government official comes from the idea of government as the group that runs a country and official as someone who holds an 'office' or 'job' to do important work. So, a government official is literally a person given a job to carry out the government's rules and duties.