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delegate

/ˈdɛlɪɡeɪt/ /ˈdɛlɪɡət/

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noun

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy

Examples :

"The student council delegate presented the class's ideas to the principal. "

politics government person organization

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noun

A representative at a conference, etc.

Examples :

"The company sent one delegate to the international trade conference in Berlin. "

politics government organization

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noun

An appointed representative in some legislative bodies

Examples :

"The small town elected a delegate to represent their interests at the state assembly. "

politics government

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noun

A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

Examples :

"The programming team used a delegate to decide which function would process the incoming data. "

computing technology

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verb

To authorize someone to be a delegate

Examples :

"The school principal delegated the task of organizing the student council election to Sarah. "

government politics business organization job

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verb

To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

Examples :

"The teacher delegated the group project to different students. "

business organization job work

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verb

(of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own

Examples :

"The IT manager decided to delegate the management of the "students.example.com" subdomain to the student council, allowing them to create sub-subdomains like "clubs.students.example.com" and "sports.students.example.com" themselves. "

computing internet technology