DEPUTATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does deputation mean?
• DEPUTATION (noun)
The noun DEPUTATION has 2 senses:
1. a group of representatives or delegates
2. authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
Familiarity information: DEPUTATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEPUTATION (noun)
Meaning:
A group of representatives or delegates
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
deputation; delegation; delegacy; commission; mission
Hypernyms ("deputation" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deputation"):
diplomatic mission (a mission serving diplomatic ends)
embassy (an ambassador and his entourage collectively)
Meaning:
Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
delegating; relegating; relegation; delegation; deputation
Hypernyms ("deputation" is a kind of...):
authorisation; authorization; empowerment (the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deputation"):
devolution; devolvement (the delegation of authority (especially from a central to a regional government))
"Smile, and the world smiles with you. Cry, and you cry alone." (English proverb)
"The weakness of the enemy makes our strength." (Native American proverb, Cherokee)
"Little by little you fill the sink and drop by drop you fill the barrel." (Catalan proverb)
"Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old." (Scottish proverb)
