delegate
/ˈdɛlɪɡət/noun, verb3 syllables
Delegate means: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
Synonyms for delegate4
verb, as in give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
verb, as in transfer power to someone
depute
What does delegate mean?3
verb
1
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
2
transfer power to someone
noun
1
a person appointed or elected to represent others
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Delegate in a sentence
- Micromanagers often find it very hard to delegate work to others.patgfisher
- His classmates put their trust in him: he was elected delegate.Alairis
- Her classmates put their trust in her: she was elected delegate.Alairis
- Is she satisfied with being elected as delegate?Miktsoanit
- Is she glad to have been chosen as a delegate?frpzzd
- Delegates from many countries participated in the conference.Zifre
- All the delegates knew they must discuss it.Source_VOA
- He told the delegates what they already knew was true.Source_VOA
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of delegate
as a noun
- plural
- delegates
as a verb
- past tense
- delegated
- present participle
- delegating
- third-person singular
- delegates
- past participle
- delegated