delegate
delegate is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.
- noun. One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting.
- noun. One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution.
- adjective. Sent to act for or represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge.
- transitive verb. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.
- transitive verb. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.
- noun. a person appointed or elected to represent others
- verb. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- verb. transfer power to someone
Synonyms
Common word forms
delegated, delegates, delegatees, delegating
Words from these letters
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