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ex officio

/ˌeks əˈfɪʃiəʊ/adjective

उच्चारण एक्स अफ़िशिओ

पदेन, पद के कारण

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adjective
  1. 1

    [usually before noun] formal

    included or allowed because of your job or position

    पदेन, पद के कारण

    • The district collector is an ex officio member of the committee.
    • an ex officio chairman
adverb
  1. 1

    formal

    because of your job or position

    पद के नाते, पदेन रूप से

    • The principal sits on the board ex officio.
⌂Word origin and word building

From Latin, meaning 'from office'.

यह Latin से है, जिसका अर्थ है 'पद से'।

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General knowledge

The Vice-President of India is the ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

GK के अनुसार भारत के उपराष्ट्रपति राज्यसभा के ex officio सभापति होते हैं।