noun🔗ShareA person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy"The student council delegate presented the class's ideas to the principal. "politicsgovernmentpersonorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA representative at a conference, etc."The company sent one delegate to the international trade conference in Berlin. "politicsgovernmentorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn appointed representative in some legislative bodies"The small town elected a delegate to represent their interests at the state assembly. "politicsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer"The programming team used a delegate to decide which function would process the incoming data. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo authorize someone to be a delegate"The school principal delegated the task of organizing the student council election to Sarah. "governmentpoliticsbusinessorganizationjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate"The teacher delegated the group project to different students. "businessorganizationjobworkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(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"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. "computinginternettechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading