delegate

Noun

1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2. A representative at a conference, etc.
3. (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
4. A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
5. A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
2. (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
3. (Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.

Adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete, participle, past) delegated
2. (adjective, not-comparable, obsolete) Acting as a delegate, delegated; of, pertaining to a delegate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛlɪɡət/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: delegat

In summary

From Middle English delegat, from Old French delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus substantivized from the nominative masculine singular of dēlēgātus, the perfect passive participle of dēlēgō (“to send, assign, delegate”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix). See also legate.

Synonyms

representative

deputy

depute

agent

envoy

entrust

assign

appoint

proxy

designate

spokesman

surrogate

broker

send

mouthpiece

authorize

upholder

authorise

believer

devolve

emissary

empower

exponent

member

messenger

name

parliamentary

participant

proponent

relegate

represent

spokeswoman

stand for

substitute

advocate

send as a delegate

member of parliament

ambassador

mission

missive

mouth

commission

vice gerent

organization

voice

warrant

procurator

commit to

business agent

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Translations

déléguer

delegato

délégué

delegado

représentant

delegieren

delegare

afgevaardigde

delegado

diputado

Abgeordneter

deputato

delegat

Beauftragter

député

Sentences

Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress .