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delegate

[ noun del-i-git, -geyt; verb del-i-geyt ]

noun

  1. a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
  2. (formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  3. a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.


verb (used with object)

, del·e·gat·ed, del·e·gat·ing.
  1. to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
  2. to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.

    Synonyms: transfer, assign, entrust

delegate

/ ˈdɛlɪɡəbəl /

noun

  1. a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
  2. government a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives


verb

  1. to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
  2. tr to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
  3. tr to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself

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Derived Forms

  • delegable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • del·e·ga·tee [del-i-g, uh, -, tee], noun
  • del·e·ga·tor [del, -i-gey-ter], noun
  • non·dele·gate noun
  • pre·dele·gate noun verb predelegated predelegating
  • re·dele·gate verb (used with object) redelegated redelegating
  • sub·dele·gate noun
  • sub·dele·gate verb (used with object) subdelegated subdelegating
  • un·dele·gated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of delegate1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of delegate1

C14: from Latin dēlēgāre to send on a mission, from lēgāre to send, depute; see legate

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Example Sentences

“Welcome, welcome to Brooklyn,” the senator sang as each delegate descended from the bus.

The Stalwarts hoped to swarm the convention and force a challenge to the delegate roll.

Shaw put himself right alongside the line and took a minute to shake hands and greet each delegate.

Under the Soviet regime, people preferred to delegate power and decision-making to others—Stalin, for example.

Virginia State Delegate Barbara Comstock is the ur-Republican.

One delegate said that he found fully one third of the men in his wards professing Christians.

A delegate of the Christian Commission sat down to write a letter for him to his wife, to be sent by a flag of truce.

The Tallest Delegate was called smartly to order; he rebelled, but when threatened with the sergeant-at-arms subsided amid jeers.

The delegate from Marion, like the mysterious person from Pulaski, was a stranger to state conventions.

The next morning the ejected delegate sailed for London, but soon went to Paris where he helped to form radical groups.

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