delegate

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: dĕlʹĭ-gət, IPA ^(key): /ˈdɛlɪɡət/

• Audio (UK)

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Verb

• enPR: dĕlʹĭ-gāt', IPA ^(key): /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

Singular delegate

Plural delegates

1. (countable) A delegate is a person authorized to act as representative for one or more other people, especially at a conference or in government.
   • Synonym: representative

   He's attending the Democratic Convention as a delegate from the great state of Ohio.

   A majority of the delegates voted against joining with that group.

Related words

• delegation

Verb

Plain form delegate

Third-person singular delegates

Past tense delegated

Past participle delegated

Present participle delegating

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you delegate a job or the power to do that job, it is yours, but you give it to someone in a lower position.

   As more decisions on more complicated matters have to be made, more power has to be delegated to lower-ranking personnel.

Related words

• assign