official position
collocation in Englishmeaningsofofficialandposition
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official
adjective
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofofficialandpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofofficial position
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The liver has theofficialpositionof troop leader.
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The lung has theofficialpositionof minister and mentor.
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The bladder has theofficialpositionof regional rectifier.
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The gall has theofficialpositionof rectifier.
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The chest center has theofficialpositionof commissioned minister.
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After the war he was declared ineligible for anyofficialposition.
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The small intestine has theofficialpositionof receiver and holder.
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The triple burner has theofficialpositionof clearer of the rivers.
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The spleen and the stomach have theofficialpositionof storer.
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The large intestine has theofficialpositionof transmitter and guide.
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Theofficialpositionhas often been unclear and at times ambivalent.
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The kidney has theofficialpositionof workmen operating with force.
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They can be classified as ' anonymous ' or ' proto ' functionaries since none held any specific, differentiatedofficialposition.
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Theofficialpositionon the name of public health is also directly related to international human rights requirements.
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That is theofficialposition.
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He holds noofficialposition.
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Is that theofficialposition?
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That is ourofficialposition.
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But it was colonial rule more than any other single agent that established the language and elevated it to theofficialpositionit now enjoys.
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In theory, the ' compagnia d'ufficio ' was a partnership in order to buy anofficialposition, whose profits were then shared between the two partners.
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A political outcome can come in two guises: theofficialpositiontaken by public authorities or the actual implementation of that policy.
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Now theofficialpositionis different.
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I have been in anofficialposition.
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Theofficialpositionwas very different.
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If he had anofficialposition, certainly.
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