officials
uh-FISH-uhlz/əˈfɪʃəlz/
- 1Plural of official.
Government officials gathered to review the new trade agreement.
Two officials were suspended after the audit uncovered irregularities.
Note
Only the noun takes the -s here. Officials are always people who hold a position, whether in government, in sport or in any other organization. The adjective that shares the spelling never changes, so English says official documents and official figures, never "officials documents." Learners sometimes make that slip when a plural noun follows and seems to call for agreement.
officials is a form of official
official, noun: A person who holds a position of authority in a government, sport, or other organization. Full entry
- Forms
- officialofficials plural
- Spelling
- official → officials: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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