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1. (n.) delegate
a person designated to act for or represent another or others, as at a conference or political convention.
2. delegate
the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
3. delegate
a member of the House of Delegates in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.
4. (v.t.) delegate
to send or appoint as deputy or representative.
5. delegate
to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (n.) < ML dēlēgātus, n. use of L: ptp. of dēlēgāre to assign =dē-de - +lēgāre to send as an envoy; see legate)
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1. (verb) delegate
a person appointed or elected to represent others
2. (verb) delegate, depute
transfer power to someone
3. (verb) delegate, designate, depute, assign
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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1. (adj) delegate
sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge
2. (noun) delegate
any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar
3. (noun) delegate
one elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting
4. (noun) delegate
one sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution
5. (verb) delegate
to send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize
6. (verb) delegate
to intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit
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Sense: to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else
He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant.
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 Afrikaans: oordra, delegeer |
 Arabic: يُفَوِّض، يَنْتَدِب |
 Bulgarian: делегирам |
 Brazilian: delegar |
 Czech: pověřit, přidělit |
 German: übertragen |
 Danish: delegere |
 Greek: αναθέτω |
 Spanish: delegar |
 Estonian: volitama, delegeerima |
 Farsi: سپردن؛ اختیار دادن |
 Finnish: delegoida |
 French: déléguer |
 Hebrew: לְהַאֲצִיל סָמכוּיוֹת |
 Hindi: सौंपना |
 Croatian: izaslati, ovlastiti |
 Hungarian: megbíz, rábíz |
 Indonesian: mewakilkan |
 Icelandic: fela, fá í hendur |
 Italian: delegare |
 Japanese: 委任する |
 Korean: 위임하다 |
 Lithuanian: pavesti |
 Latvian: uzlikt (kādam darbu, pien |
 Malay: wakil |
 Dutch: delegeren |
 Norwegian: delegere, gi fullmakt |
 Polish: przekazywać |
 Persian: سپردن؛ اختیار دادن |
 Pashto: اختيار وركول، سپارل |
 Portuguese: delegar |
 Romanian: aîncredinţa |
 Russian: делегировать |
 Slovak: prideliť |
 Slovenian: poveriti |
 Serbian: delegirati |
 Swedish: delegera,överlämna |
 Thai: มอบให้ทำแทน |
 Turkish: yetki vermek |
 Taiwanese: 把...委託給 |
 Ukrainian: делегувати; доручати |
 Urdu: کسی شخص کو کوئی کام تفویض |
 Vietnamese: ủy thác |
 Chinese: 把...委托给 |
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