official capacity

collocation in English

meaningsofofficialandcapacity

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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capacity
noun
uk
/kəˈpæs.ə.ti/us
/kəˈpæs.ə.t̬i/
the total amount that can be contained ...
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(Definition ofofficialandcapacityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Women were clearly not excluded from official occasions and moreover, assisted their husband when he had to entertain his superior in anofficialcapacityin his home.
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This is only in respect of acts carried out in theirofficialcapacity.
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I have been connected with the miners for forty years in anofficialcapacity.
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But it is obviously not a matter which he could take up in hisofficialcapacity.
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He is taking part in hisofficialcapacity, and his expenses are therefore being met out of public funds in the ordinary way.
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I have been closely associated with the trade union movement both in anofficialcapacityand as an ordinary member.
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It was a very gross libel, if true, upon two judicial officers in theirofficialcapacity.
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The regional controller was not at the time acting in hisofficialcapacityand no question of approval arose.
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For example, immunity from proceedings will concern only acts done by them in anofficialcapacity.
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That information is to be protected whenever it has been acquired in anofficialcapacity.
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We will not hold discussions with the new administration in itsofficialcapacity.
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I have never travelled along the whole route in myofficialcapacitybut have frequently done so non-officially.
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We know him only in hisofficialcapacity, and we have had no closer contact with him than has been enjoyed by the general public.
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No other officials attended in anofficialcapacity.
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I have attended no football matches in anofficialcapacity.
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I have never been involved in local government either in an elected orofficialcapacity.
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Almost all of the civil servants invited to this conference were invited in anofficialcapacity, usually as departmental representatives.
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Field cashiers do not have private moneys entrusted to them in theirofficialcapacity.
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During the specified period, one departmental special adviser travelled abroad in anofficialcapacity.
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I have no plans to meet or communicate with the four new members of the monetary policy committee in theirofficialcapacity.
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