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to delegate
01
to give part of the power, authority, work, etc. to a representative
Transitive: to delegate a responsibility to sb | to delegate a responsibility
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
delegate
3rd person singular
delegates
Past simple
delegated
Past participle
delegated
Examples
The President delegated war powers to the Secretary of Defense during the crisis.
02
to assign or entrust a task or responsibility to someone else, often as a representative
Ditransitive: to delegate sb to do sth
Examples
The committee delegated one of its members to represent them in the press conference.
Delegate
01
someone who is chosen as a representative of a particular community at a conference, meeting, etc.
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
animate
Plural form
delegates
Lexical Tree
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