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Definition of Delegate
1. Verb. Transfer power to someone.
Generic synonyms: Assign, Depute, Designate
Derivative terms: Delegacy, Delegating, Delegation, Delegation, Deputation
2. Noun. A person appointed or elected to represent others.
3. Verb. Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). "They delegate him to write the letter"
Specialized synonyms: Mandate, Cast, Post, Cast, Devolve, Task, Place, Regiment, Reassign, Transfer, Depute, Mandate, Advance, Elevate, Kick Upstairs, Promote, Raise, Upgrade, Break, Bump, Demote, Kick Downstairs, Relegate, Place
Generic synonyms: Appoint, Charge
Derivative terms: Assignment, Assignment, Delegacy, Delegation, Deputation, Deputation, Designation
Definition of Delegate
1. n. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
2. a. Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
3. v. t. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
Definition of Delegate
1. Noun. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy ¹
2. Noun. a representative at a conference, etc. ¹
3. Noun. (American English) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies ¹
4. Noun. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer ¹
5. Verb. to authorize someone to be a delegate ¹
6. Verb. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate ¹
7. Verb. (computing) (Internet) (qualifier of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delegate
1. to appoint as one's representative [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delegate
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