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delegate

/ˈdɛlɪɡət/

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What does delegate mean?

noun

  1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
  2. A representative at a conference, etc.
  3. An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
More meanings (9)

noun

  1. A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
  2. A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.

verb

  1. To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
  2. To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
  3. To appoint (someone) as one's representative.
  4. (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.

proper noun

  1. A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

adjective

  1. (obsolete) delegated
  2. (obsolete) Acting as a delegate, delegated; of, pertaining to a delegate
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈdɛlɪɡət/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈdɛləɡət//ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt//ˈdɛləˌɡeɪt/
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See this word in context.

I went to the convention as a delegate and worked hard for Judge Greenlee until he was nominated, and elected.
James J. (James John) DavisThe Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ItProject Gutenberg ebook #1297
If every delegate to the Peace Conference could be made to read it before the sessions begin, there will be no more wars.
Christopher MorleyThe Haunted BookshopProject Gutenberg ebook #172
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I saw him once again in a cheap restaurant, whispering a resolution to another delegate, but he did n't appear in the con-vention.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
Each philosopher, each bard, each actor has only done for me, as by a delegate, what one day I can do for myself.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays by Ralph Waldo EmersonProject Gutenberg ebook #16643
He had neither sought nor expected the medal; and if the delegate didn't care to leave it he could take it away.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820