delegate
Americannoun
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a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
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(formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.
noun
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a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
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government a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives
verb
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to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
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(tr) to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
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(tr) to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself
Other Word Forms
- delegable adjective
- delegatee noun
- delegator noun
- nondelegate noun
- predelegate noun
- redelegate verb (used with object)
- subdelegate noun
- undelegated adjective
Etymology
Origin of delegate
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (past participle) delegat, from Medieval Latin dēlēgātus, noun use of past participle of dēlēgāre “to assign,” equivalent to dē- de- + lēgātus “deputed”; legate
Example Sentences
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If delegates see a sustained supply disruption as likely, they may choose to increase oil output to prevent a major disruption.
From Barron's
If delegates see a sustained supply disruption as likely, they may choose to increase oil output to prevent a major disruption.
From Barron's
If delegates see a sustained supply disruption as likely, they may choose to increase oil output to prevent a major disruption.
From Barron's
For most hardy Labour delegates, defeat is not an unfamiliar feeling.
From BBC
But as Nelson delegated the task of investigating those voters’ statuses to local election officials, confusion took hold.
From Salon
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