2 meanings
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1 —as in:
is a delegate
Definition
a person appointed or elected to represent others- She is a delegate representing our state at the national convention.
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- two men approached Cesar and introduced themselves as members of a special Mexican delegation.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- It was a half-page torn out of The Times of about ten years earlier — the top half of the page, so that it included the date — and it contained a photograph of the delegates at some Party function in New York.George Orwell -- 1984
- I turned around and saw most of the town people and the entire bus delegation looking at me.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
delegation = a group of people appointed or elected to represent others
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
delegates = people representing others
delegation = people who rode the bus into town rather than living there
(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)
2 —as in:
delegate the job
Definition
assign tasks to other people (rather than doing them personally)- As the company grew larger, she had to delegate more responsibility to others.
delegate = assign tasks to other people (rather than doing them herself)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- But I had not yet learned to delegate authority.Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
- They say that historical personages have power only because they fulfill the will of the people which has been delegated to them.Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
- I understood now that Stone had been delegated to break the news.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- He delegated to Kreacher the task of telling me what had happened.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- The funds were to be used liberally in pursuit of the assignments delegated to me.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- She turned on her netlink as soon as she reached the elevator, delegating the coronation proceedings to a corner of her vision.Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
- He delegated Doug Sanders and Mick Mahmud as firetenders, passed the word that no one else was to put fuel on the fires.Robert A. Heinlein -- Tunnel In the Sky
- But consider—you need not be afraid of delegating power to me.Jane Austen -- Emma
- It will readily be seen that in this case the alleged right of the Duke to the whale was a delegated one from the Sovereign.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
delegate = assign tasks to other people (rather than doing them personally)