ex officio en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɛks əˈfɪʃioʊ/
Etymology
From Latin ex officio (“by right of office”, literally “from the office”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) By virtue of the office that originated it, or of the title held.
Meanwhile, to Samsonov’s annoyance, Colonel Knox had arrived in Ostrolenka. Why, nobody knew—probably just to convey the goodwill of the British, who would not themselves be landing on the Continent for another six months. Samsonov disliked those artificial, ex officio European smiles at the best of times, and this visitor would be a hindrance and a distraction just at present.
1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 136:Duties include […] sitting as ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and all Board committees.
1979 April 14, “Lambda Seeks Exec. Director”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
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Translations (16)
sv ex officio (by virtue of an office or title) · nl ambtshalve (by virtue of an office or title) · sv å ämbetets vägnar (by virtue of an office or title) · tl sabilin (by virtue of an office or title) · sv på ämbetets vägnar (by virtue of an office or title) · cmn 官守 (by virtue of an office or title) · es de oficio (by virtue of an office or title) · pl z urzędu (by virtue of an office or title) · de von Amts wegen (by virtue of an office or title) · cmn 當然 /当然 (by virtue of an office or title) · de amtswegig (by virtue of an office or title) · hu hivatalból (by virtue of an office or title) · de qua Amt (by virtue of an office or title) · de kraft Amtes (by virtue of an office or title) · tr resen (by virtue of an office or title) · fi viran puolesta (by virtue of an office or title)