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Delegate

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Noun

1. delegate

a person appointed or elected to represent others

Verb

2. delegate, depute

transfer power to someone

3. assign, delegate, depute, designate

give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Delegate

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noun (ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt , -ɡɪt)
1. 
a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
2. US government
a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives
verb (ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt )
3. 
to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
4. (transitive)
to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
5. (transitive) mainly US
to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself

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Delegate

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noun
1. 
a person authorized or sent to speak and act for others; representative, as at a convention
2.  US, Obsolete
a representative of a U.S. Territory in the House of Representatives, with the right to speak but not to vote
3.  US
a member of a House of Delegates
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdeleˌgated or ˈdeleˌgating
4. 
to send or appoint as a representative or deputy
5. 
to entrust (authority, power, etc.) to a person acting as one's agent or representative

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Delegate

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n.
1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or agent.
2. A representative to a conference or convention.
3. A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.
4. An elected or appointed representative of a US territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.
tr.v. (-gāt′) del·e·gat·ed, del·e·gat·ing, del·e·gates
1. To authorize and send (another person) as one's representative.
2. To commit or entrust to another: delegate a task to a subordinate.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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