DELEGATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does delegate mean?
• DELEGATE (noun)
The noun DELEGATE has 1 sense:
1. a person appointed or elected to represent others
Familiarity information: DELEGATE used as a noun is very rare.
• DELEGATE (verb)
The verb DELEGATE has 2 senses:
1. transfer power to someone
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Familiarity information: DELEGATE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DELEGATE (noun)
Meaning:
A person appointed or elected to represent others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("delegate" is a kind of...):
representative (a person who represents others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "delegate"):
apostolic delegate ((Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it)
• DELEGATE (verb)
Meaning:
Transfer power to someone
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
delegate; depute
Hypernyms (to "delegate" is one way to...):
assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
assign; delegate; designate; depute
Hypernyms (to "delegate" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "delegate"):
break; bump; demote; kick downstairs; relegate (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank)
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
mandate (assign under a mandate)
delegate; depute (transfer power to someone)
reassign; transfer (transfer somebody to a different position or location of work)
regiment (assign to a regiment)
place (place somebody in a particular situation or location)
task (assign a task to)
devolve (pass on or delegate to another)
cast (assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors)
post (assign to a post; put into a post)
cast (select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet)
mandate (assign authority to)
place (assign to (a job or a home))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sentence example:
They delegate him to write the letter
