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delegates

/ˈdɛləɡeɪts/ /ˈdɛləɡɪts/

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noun

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

Examples :

"The teacher sent two delegates from each class to the student council meeting to represent their classmates' opinions. "

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A representative at a conference, etc.

Examples :

"The company sent five delegates to the international business conference. "

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An appointed representative in some legislative bodies

Examples :

"The student council delegates were chosen by the student body to represent them at the school assembly. "

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

Examples :

"In the software program, the "reportGenerator" delegate allows the main function to choose different methods for creating a report without needing to know the specific details of each method. "

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verb

To authorize someone to be a delegate

Examples :

"The manager will delegate the task of ordering supplies to a junior employee to give them more responsibility. "

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To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

Examples :

"The manager delegates tasks to her team members so she can focus on the bigger picture. "

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(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 delegates the subdomain "marketing.example.com" to the marketing team, allowing them to create subdomains like "campaigns.marketing.example.com" and "reports.marketing.example.com". "

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