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del·e·gate  (dl-gt, -gt)

n.

1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or an agent.

2. A representative to a conference or convention.

3. A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.

4. An elected or appointed representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.

tr.v. (-gt) del·e·gat·ed, del·e·gat·ing, del·e·gates

1. To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative.

2. To commit or entrust to another: delegate a task to a subordinate.

3. Law To appoint (one's debtor) as a debtor to one's creditor in place of oneself.

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[Middle English delegat, from Medieval Latin dlgtus, from past participle of dlgre, to dispatch : Latin d-, de- + Latin lgre, to send; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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dele·gator n.

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delegate

Noun

a person chosen to represent others at a conference or meeting

Verb

[-gating, -gated]

1. to entrust (duties or powers) to another person

2. to appoint as a representative [Latin delegare to send on a mission]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	delegate - a person appointed or elected to represent others apostolic delegate - (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it representative - a person who represents others
Verb	1.	delegate - transfer power to someone depute assign, delegate, designate, depute - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
	2.	delegate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) assign, designate, depute mandate - assign authority to cast - select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet; "He cast a young woman in the role of Desdemona" post - assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him in Timbuktu" cast - assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors; "Who cast this beautiful movie?" devolve - pass on or delegate to another; "The representative devolved his duties to his aides while he was in the hospital" task - assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" place - place somebody in a particular situation or location; "he was placed on probation" regiment - assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers" reassign, transfer - transfer somebody to a different position or location of work delegate, depute - transfer power to someone mandate - assign under a mandate; "mandate a colony" elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade, advance, raise - give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work" demote, kick downstairs, relegate, bump, break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" appoint, charge - assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" place - assign to (a job or a home)

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delegate

noun 1. representative, agent, deputy, ambassador, commissioner, envoy, proxy, depute Scot. legate, spokesman or spokeswoman

verb 2. entrust, transfer, hand over, give, pass on, assign, relegate, consign, devolve

verb 3. appoint, commission, select, contract, engage, nominate, designate, mandate, authorize, empower, accredit, depute

Translations

delegate [ˈdɛlɪgɪt] n → delegado/a

vt [ˈdɛlɪgeɪt] → delegar;

to delegate sth to sb/sb to do sth → delegar algo en algn/en algn para hacer algo

delegate n [ˈdɛlɪgɪt] → délégué(e)

vt [ˈdɛlɪgeɪt] → déléguer;

to delegate sth to sb/sb to do sth → déléguer qch à qn/qn pour faire qch

delegate [ˈdɛlɪgɪt] n → Delegierte(r) f(m)

vt → delegieren;

to delegate sth to sb → jdm mit etw beauftragen;

to delegate sb to do sth → jdn damit beauftragen, etw zu tun

delegate n [ˈdɛlɪgɪt] → delegato/a

vt [ˈdɛlɪgeɪt] → delegare;

to delegate sth to sb/sb to do sth → delegare qc a qn/qn a fare qc

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delegate

v delegate [ˈdeləgeit]

to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant. oordra, delegeer يُفَوِّض، يَنْتَدِب делегирам pověřit, přidělit delegere übertragen αναθέτω delegar volitama, delegeerima سپردن؛ اختیار دادن delegoida déléguer לְהַאֲצִיל סָמכוּיוֹת सौंपना izaslati, ovlastiti megbíz, rábíz mewakilkan fela, fá í hendur delegare 委任する (임무·권한을) 부여하다 pavesti uzlikt (kādam darbu, pienākumu u.tml.) wakil delegeren delegere, gi fullmakt przekazywać delegar a încre­dinţa делегировать prideliť poveriti delegirati delegera, överlämna มอบให้ทำแทน yetki vermek 把...委託給 делегувати; доручати کسی شخص کو کوئی کام تفویض کرنا ủy thác 把...委托给

[-gət, (American ) -geit] n

an elected representative (to a conference, Parliament, committee etc) The delegates met in the conference room. afgevaardigde, gemagtigde, gedeputeerde وَفْد، مَنْدوب، موفَد делегат delegát delegeret; delegat; repræsentant der/die Delegierte αντιπρόσωπος delegado delegaat نماینده valtuutettu délégué/-ée נָצִיג प्रतिनिधि izaslanik, opunomoćenik küldött utusan fulltrúi delegato 代表 대표, 사절 delegatas delegāts mewakilkan gedelegeerde delegat, utsending, representant delegat delegado delegat делегат delegát, -ka poslanec delegat delegat, ombud, representant ตัวแทน delege, temsilci 代表 представник; делегат منتخب نمائندہ người đại biểu 代表

n ˌdeleˈgation

a body of delegates. afvaardiging, delegasie إنْتِداب، وَفْد، وُفود делегация delegace delegation die Delegation αντιπροσωπεία delegación delegatsioon هیئت نمایندگی؛ گروه نمایندگان valtuuskunta délégation מִשׁלָחַת प्रतिनिधि मंडल izaslanstvo, delegacija küldöttség delegasi sendinefnd delegazione 代表団 대표단, 위임, 부여 delegacija delegācija perwakilan delegatie delegasjon delegacja delegação dele­ga­ţie делегация delegácia delegacija delegacija delegation คณะผู้แทน delegasyon, heyet 代表團 делегація جماعت نمائندگان đoàn đại biểu 代表团