Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having some official authority or sanction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Partly official; having some degree of official authority; made upon information from those who have official knowledge: as, a semi-official confirmation of a report; a semi-official organ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Half official; having some official authority or importance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Bearing some but not all the power of being
official . As a semioffical opinion that is offered as probably correct and accurate but may beoverturned on review and replaced by an official statement.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having some official authority or sanction
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Examples
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Unfortunately, the consequence was, that I did not understand a word that was said at dinner -- a kind of semiofficial reception.
Voyage au centre de la terre. English Jules Verne 1866
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That decision came even as Mr. He's committee—a semiofficial standard-setting body—in the same year adopted standards that recommended installing those lightning-protection devices for big structures such as high-rise buildings and tall bridges.
Beijing Calls for Train-Crash Probe Norihiko Shirouzu 2011
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Heavy snow complicated rescue efforts, said the head of the State Emergency Canter, Gholam Reza Masoumi, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
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Heavy snow hampered rescue efforts, the semiofficial Fars news agency cited the head of the state emergency center, Gholam Reza Masoumi, as saying.
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Heavy snow complicated rescue efforts, said the head of the State Emergency Canter, Gholam Reza Masoumi, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
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Fars News Agency, the semiofficial Iranian news agency announced yesterday that "the elements of unlawful assembly hypocrites, monarchists, thugs and intrigue in some streets of Tehran with a pretext to support the people of Egypt and Tunisia, held slogans in support of the people of Egypt and Tunisia."
Haggai Carmon: The Domino Effect: Is Iran Next? Haggai Carmon 2011
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The spirit shed eventually became the one semiofficial, adult-sanctioned place where it was okay for the kids to declare themselves to the world.
Chantilly High School mourns 'spirit shed,' a community's canvas for decades 2011
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"After my appointment is approved I will be using Khatam al-Anbiya for oil contracts along with other domestic contractors," Gen. Ghasemi told the semiofficial Fars News Agency on Wednesday.
Iran's Pick for Oil Post Signals Power Shift Farnaz Fassihi 2011
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The spirit shed eventually became the one semiofficial, adult-sanctioned place where it was okay for the kids to declare themselves to the world.
Chantilly High School mourns 'spirit shed,' a community's canvas for decades 2011
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Heavy snow complicated rescue efforts, said the head of the State Emergency Canter, Gholam Reza Masoumi, according to the semiofficial Fars news agency.
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