delegate1 noundelegate2 verb
delegatedel‧e‧gate1 /ˈdeləɡət/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINdelegate1
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 Medieval Latin delegatus, from Latin legare ‘to send as a representative’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Delegates from 50 colleges met to discuss the issue of financial aid.
- I sat next to the Canadian delegate.
- Some local branches have refused to send delegates to the national conference.
- The US delegate to the committee announced a grant of $75 million to help third world countries.
- Arizona has 39 delegates in a winner-take-all primary.
- He conceded that the size of the holding was still modest by the standards of most Oxford delegates.
- Mississippi will choose 33 delegates, Oklahoma and Tennessee, 38 each.
- On Aug. 9 over 90 percent of the delegates voted in favour of recognizing the right of Quebec to self-determination.
- On July 7 the congress heard replies by politburo members to questions from delegates.
- Southern delegates to the Continental Congress expressed unwillingness to use their militias outside their own borders.
- What was not predictable, however, was the extreme stand taken by delegates from the University Reform Front.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who represents a person or a group► representative
Collocations someone who has been chosen to represent an organization or country: · Japan has refused to send a representative to the talks in Geneva.· John Kohorn is the company's representative in Prague.representative from: · the representative from Belgiumrepresentative of: · We discussed these issues with a senior representative of the company.
► spokesman/spokeswoman a person who officially gives the opinions of an organization, company, government etc: spokesman/spokeswoman for: · A spokesman for the company denied reports that the new drug could cause heart attacks.government/ministry/party etc spokesman/spokeswoman: · A government spokeswoman said the new laws would protect vulnerable children.· Mr Simon Hughes, a company spokesman, spoke to reporters after the meeting.
► spokesperson a word meaning spokesman or spokeswoman , used especially when you do not want to say whether the person is a man or a woman: spokesperson for: · A spokesperson for the company read to waiting reporters from a prepared statement.spokesperson on: · the Labour Party spokesperson on educationgovernment/party/union etc spokesperson: · A government spokesperson has denied the allegations of corruption.
► agent a person or company which represents another person or company in business, financial, or legal matters: · The firm has an agent in Sydney who deals with the Australian side of the business.· The licence application must be signed by the applicant or his agent.agent for: · The company is the UK agent for a top Danish furniture maker.
► envoy a person who is sent to another country as an official representative, especially by a government to discuss important matters such as war with another government: · The President met yesterday with an envoy from Pakistan.send an envoy: · Iran agreed to send an envoy to the United Nations for talks on ending the war.· A special envoy was sent to Manila to try and secure the release of the hostages.
► delegate someone who is sent to an important meeting by a country or organization in order to represent them by speaking for them and voting for them: · I sat next to the Canadian delegate.delegate to: · The US delegate to the committee announced a grant of $75 million to help third world countries.send a delegate: · Some local branches have refused to send delegates to the national conference.
► mouthpiece a person, organization, or newspaper which only gives the opinions of one person or organization and which does not have anything original to say: · In 1917 Stalin became editor of Pravda, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party.· The Chemical Manufacturers Association is the mouthpiece of the American chemicals industry.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► national
someone who has been elected or chosen to speak, vote, or take decisions for a group → representative: · They are first-time national delegates, white and over 50 years old.
► republican· In the recent survey of Republican delegates, 59 percent said abortions should be sharply limited or banned altogether.· Nationally, Republican delegates listed fiscal issues as most important by a two-to-one margin.
NOUN► conference· Without the custom of the conference delegate, salesman or business executive, many hotels would close.· Only 24 hours earlier conference delegates voted to reduce the unions' voting strength.· The National Executive at first refused this, but eventually left the decision to the Conference delegates.· Sauna room. Conference delegates welcome.· Whether a conference delegate or a visitor to our city - we try to make your stay an enjoyable and successful one.
► convention· The truth was that by 1988 the television audience had entirely replaced the convention delegates as the focus of attention.· After the Super Tuesday contests, Dole expects to have about 700 convention delegates.· On Saturday night, the 476 convention delegates will question Republican presidential hopefuls.· In keeping with this cosmetic calm, Powell was well-received by convention delegates who applauded him generously at his most inspirational moments.· The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates, who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.· Schweiker changed not a single convention delegate vote.· Q.. Are the county convention delegates obligated to support the presidential candidates preferred in their caucuses?
► selection· Nine of those will be chosen in a state-wide primary election on March 12, the traditional date for delegate selection.· It would allow delegate selection from the first Monday in February until the third Tuesday in June.
VERB► address· The departure came just hours before Clinton triumphantly addressed the convention delegates, who unanimously nominated him for re-election Wednesday night.
► attend· The congress was attended by 1,176 delegates representing over 2,000,000 party members.· The conferences was attended by more than 300 delegates from most of the agency's 113 member states.· The event was well attended attracting delegates from as far afield as Thurso and Skye.
► choose· Six other states also will hold primaries Tuesday: Texas will choose 123 delegates.· Mississippi will choose 33 delegates, Oklahoma and Tennessee, 38 each.
► elect· They were eventually replaced by a single elected delegate for each village.· A person who is elected is not a delegate of those who voted for him.
► select· Wyoming Republican activists will hold caucuses Saturday to select 12 delegates.
► send· He sets up meetings but does not turn up, sends delegates instead, turns up only when not expected.· Du Bois still presided, but the United States sent few other delegates.· I was sent as a delegate to National Conference in Blackpool.
► tell· Home office Minister, Michael Jack told the delegates of the tougher sentencing available to the courts from October.· Psychologist Donald Norman told delegates about his recurring nightmare.
► win· Alan Keyes, the only other Republican presidential candidate to participate in Louisiana, won no delegates.· His Louisiana supporters had assured him he would win 13 or more delegates.· Connally spent $ 12 million to win just one delegate to the nominating convention.· For his $ 12 million, however, Connally won only one delegate to the nominating convention.
Around 350 delegates attended the conference.delegate1 noundelegate2 verb
delegatedel‧e‧gate2 /ˈdelɪɡeɪt/ ●○○ verb Verb TableVERB TABLE
delegate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | delegate |
| he, she, it | delegates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | delegated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have delegated |
| he, she, it | has delegated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had delegated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will delegate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have delegated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am delegating |
| he, she, it | is delegating | |
| you, we, they | are delegating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was delegating |
| you, we, they | were delegating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been delegating |
| he, she, it | has been delegating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been delegating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be delegating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been delegating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- If you're so busy, why don't you delegate some of your work?
- New managers often find it difficult to delegate.
- Corinne delegated the details of the nursery to Aggie as she pursued her varied interests in town.
- First, always delegate to the lowest level possible in the organization.
- He behaved as a benevolent autocrat, but was reluctant to delegate, suspicious, and secretive.
- Know every detail of your business-but delegate more responsibility to others.
- McGee says it was illegal for the department to delegate its authority to then-Mayor Robert Markel.
- Plus Collinses are executives, they know how to delegate responsibility.
- We then invent criteria to back up the choice, delegating our responsibility to professional specialists.
- Whatever the varying demands on her time, Laura was determined not to delegate print research.
Longman Language Activatorto give the responsibility for doing something to another person► make somebody responsible for
Collocations · The law makes the government responsible for clean up of the waste at these sites.· Our department has been made responsible for all areas of training.· The best way of ensuring that the chores are done is by making each child responsible for a different one.
► put somebody in charge to give someone the responsibility of doing something or of making sure that it is done: · The boss is going to be out of the office next week, and he's putting me in charge.put sb in charge of: · Who have they put in charge of the investigation?· He had done rather well in the job and had been put in charge of a whole chain of stores.
► delegate to make someone you work with, especially someone in a lower position than you, responsible for a job or duty, so that you do not have to do it yourself: · New managers often find it difficult to delegate.· If you're so busy, why don't you delegate some of your work?
► pass the buck to try not to accept responsibility for a problem or a mistake that you have made, by saying that it was someone else's fault: · It's easy to pass the buck and blame someone else for your failure.· Diplomats say NATO is clearly at fault, and that officials there are trying to pass the buck.
► leave something with British to make someone responsible for something that you cannot do or do not have time to do: · I didn't have time to do the accounts so I left them with Sophie.· Can we leave all this with you? It's just too complicated for us to understand.
► leave it to to make someone responsible for doing something, especially something that has already been started: · Leave it to me. I'll find you a place to stay.leave it to somebody to do something: · Can I leave it to you to sort out the details of the conference?· The proposal leaves it to local communities to enforce the law.
► entrust formal to give someone the responsibility of doing something important, especially because you believe they will do it well and honestly: entrust somebody/something to somebody: · I foolishly entrusted the task of collecting the money to Ron.entrust somebody with something: · Managers show respect for employees by entrusting them with important decisions.entrust somebody/something to the care of somebody: · As a child Bertrand was entrusted to the care of nuns at a local convent.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► authority
1[intransitive, transitive] to give part of your power or work to someone in a lower position than you: · It would be prudent for architects to confirm that the planning officers have the delegated authority to express an opinion.· McGee says it was illegal for the department to delegate its authority to then-Mayor Robert Markel.· The same is true with arrangements made to delegate authority which can be retrieved at the will of the sovereign government.· Critics say the law upsets the balance of power by delegating legislative authority to the executive branch.· It has delegated authority under the Consolidated Regulations to grant such exemptions.· Moreover, he can delegate that review authority to his investigators.· Superiors are reluctant to delegate authority because they retain absolute responsibility for the performance of their subordinates.· It is noticeable that managements are more willing to give responsibility to the project leader than they are to delegate commensurate authority.
► convention· Louisiana Republicans kick off the 1996 quest for national convention delegates Tuesday in party caucuses around the state, with Sen.· Many of these protesters will be outside agitators, even convention delegates, from anti-abortion strongholds like Texas and Florida.· Some convention delegates live near military bases that were closing or had closed.· Twenty years later the number of primaries doubled to thirty-two, electing 71 percent of the convention delegates.
► county· They were concerned with only limits amenity services unless the county council delegated something more substantial.
► power· To delegate power and to grant independence are two very different things.· It alone has the right to choose from among its members its own representative, to whom it delegates executive power.· The Council would consider seeking modifications to its Charter to allow it to delegate added powers.· In the late 1870s Noyes, now in decline, began to delegate some of his powers to a committee.· As do their land and sea counterparts, air carriers delegate the power to issue waybills to various types of agents.· The King formally delegates parliament's powers to the Bhattarai Cabinet.· Although his ministers were never permitted to decide matters on their own account, Victor Amadeus delegated wide administrative powers to them.
► responsibility· Dennis's mornings were fully taken up meeting clients, delegating responsibilities, processing figures and accessing data.· And even then, to delegate the responsibility of that care.· The audit is usually performed by a third party, primarily serving the interests of the party who delegated the responsibility.· Plus Collinses are executives, they know how to delegate responsibility.· Like all successful businessmen, John was willing to delegate responsibility to a trusted circle of people while he developed new contacts.· Know every detail of your business-but delegate more responsibility to others.· We then invent criteria to back up the choice, delegating our responsibility to professional specialists.· Twice he delegated that responsibility to assistant general manager Mike Port.
► school· There are first of all mandatory exceptions, to be retained centrally by all LEAs and not delegated to schools.
► task· Secondly, always seek to delegate tasks which will stretch your subordinates.· Groups will also need to organise themselves and delegate different tasks in order to produce their newspaper by a strict deadline.· Learn to delegate tasks and responsibility. 3.· A good forward planner, he delegates detailed and routine tasks.· It would need to delegate attention to this task to one or more of its members and to support them in it.
► work· Men too may need to learn to delegate duties both at work and at home.· I find it tough to delegate my work to juniors, to the associates.· Though he delegated much of the work he always made the final selection choices.· Was his five-hour farewell speech to the 3,000 delegates all his own work?· We don't have to delegate the work - they just take it on by themselves.· Are you able to delegate work?
A good manager knows when to delegate. It takes experience to judge correctly how much power should be delegated.delegate something to somebody Minor tasks should be delegated to your assistant.2[transitive] to choose someone to do a particular job, or to be a representative of a group, organization etcdelegate somebody to do something I was delegated to find a suitable conference venue.