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del·e·gate
(dĕl′ĭ-gāt′, -gĭt)n.
1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or 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 US territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.
tr.v. (-gāt′) 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.
[Middle English delegat, from Medieval Latin dēlēgātus, from past participle of dēlēgāre, to dispatch : Latin dē-, de- + Latin lēgāre, to send; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
del′e·ga′tor n.
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delegate
n
1. a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) government US a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives
vb
3. to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
4. (tr) to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
5. (Law) (tr) chiefly US to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself
[C14: from Latin dēlēgāre to send on a mission, from lēgāre to send, depute; see legate]
delegable adj
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del•e•gate
(n. ˈdɛl ɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt; v. -ˌgeɪt)n., v. -gat•ed, -gat•ing. n.
1. a person designated to act for or represent another or others, as at a conference or political convention.
2. the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
3. a member of the House of Delegates in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.
v.t. 4. to send or appoint as deputy or representative.
5. to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent.
[1350–1400; Middle English (n.) < Medieval Latin dēlēgātus, n. use of Latin: past participle of dēlēgāre to assign =dē- de- + lēgāre to send as an envoy; see legate]
del`e•ga•tee′ (-gəˈti) n.
del′e•ga`tor, n.
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delegate
Past participle: delegated
Gerund: delegating
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| Noun | 1. |  delegate - a person appointed or elected to represent othersapostolic 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 |
| 2. |  delegate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)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" 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 The rebels' chief delegate repeated their demands.
verb
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delegate
nounOne who stands for another:
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Translations
مَنْدُوبوَفْد، مَنْدوب، موفَديُفَوِّض، يَنْتَدِبيَنْتَدِبُ
delegátdelegovatpověřitpřidělit
delegeredelegeretrepræsentantdelegat
valtuutettuvaltuuttaa
delegatdelegirati
küldött
fela, fá í hendurfulltrúi
代表代表として派遣する
대표자위임하다
delegacijadelegatas
delegātsuzlikt
delegát
delegatdelegera
ตัวแทนมอบให้ทำแทน
đại biểuủy quyền
delegate
A. [ˈdelɪgɪt] N → delegado/a m/f (to en)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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delegate
vt person → delegieren; authority, power → übertragen (to sb jdm); responsibility, job → delegieren (to sb an jdn); to delegate somebody to do something → jdn dazu abordnen or damit beauftragen, etw zu tun
n → Delegierte(r) mf
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
delegate
[n ˈdɛlɪˌgɪt; vb ˈdɛlɪgeɪt]1. n delegate (to) → delegato/a (a)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
delegate
(ˈdeləgeit) verb to give (a piece of work, power etc) to someone else. He delegates a great deal of work to his assistant.
(-gət, (American) -geit) noun an elected representative (to a conference, Parliament, committee etc). The delegates met in the conference room.
ˌdeleˈgation noun a body of delegates.
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delegate
→ مَنْدُوب, يَنْتَدِبُ delegát, delegovat delegere, delegeret delegieren, Delegierter αναθέτω, αντιπρόσωπος delegado, delegar valtuutettu, valtuuttaa délégué, déléguer delegat, delegirati delegare, delegato 代表, 代表として派遣する 대표자, 위임하다 afgevaardigde, delegeren delegere, utsending delegat, wydelegować delegar, representante делегат, делегировать delegat, delegera ตัวแทน, มอบให้ทำแทน delege, yetkilendirmek đại biểu, ủy quyền 代表, 授权Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009