DEPUTE
Dictionary entry overview: What does depute mean?
• DEPUTE (verb)
The verb DEPUTE has 3 senses:
1. transfer power to someone
2. appoint as a substitute
3. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Familiarity information: DEPUTE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DEPUTE (verb)
Meaning:
Transfer power to someone
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
delegate; depute
Hypernyms (to "depute" 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:
Appoint as a substitute
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
depute; deputise; deputize
Hypernyms (to "depute" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s 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 "depute" is one way to...):
appoint; charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "depute"):
mandate (assign authority to)
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)
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 depute him to write the letter
