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delegate
[ noun del-i-git, -geyt; verb del-i-geyt ]
noun
- a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- (formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.
verb (used with object)
- to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
- to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.
Synonyms: , ,
delegate
/ ˈɛɪɡəə /
noun
- a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
- government a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives
verb
- to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
- tr to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
- tr to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself
Derived Forms
- delegable, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ···ٱ [del-i-g, uh, -, tee], noun
- ···ٴǰ [del, -i-gey-ter], noun
- ԴDz··ٱ noun
- ··ٱ noun verb predelegated predelegating
- ··ٱ verb (used with object) redelegated redelegating
- ܲ··ٱ noun
- ܲ··ٱ verb (used with object) subdelegated subdelegating
- ܲ··e adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of delegate1
Example Sentences
“I’ve long expressed my view that Congress has delegated too much authority on trade to the executive branch under Republican & Democrat presidents,” Grassley wrote on X.
Anna Lippman, a delegate for the activist group, shared video showing an alternate angle of the confrontation and tweeted photos of a vehicle with shards of glass in the passenger seats.
Video recorded and shared by Anna Lippman, a delegate for the activist group, shows an alternate angle of the confrontation.
The peace proposal on the table was discussed by Ukrainian and American delegates in Saudi Arabia last week.
Inside, delegates posed with giant cutouts of Trump, wore glittery gold-sequined jackets emblazoned with “Trump the Golden Era” and snapped up “MAGA” rhinestone jewelry.
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