Meaning of delegate In English

• 0 a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting:

  • Delegates have voted in favour of the motion.

  • Each union elects several delegates to the annual conference.

• 1 to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you:

  • As a boss you have to delegate (responsibilities to your staff).

  • Authority to make financial decisions has been delegated to a special committee.

• 2 to choose or elect someone to speak, vote, etc. for a group, especially at a meeting:

  • A group of four teachers were delegated to represent their colleagues at the union conference.

• 3 a person chosen or elected by a group to represent the group, esp. at a meeting:

  • Each state chooses delegates to the national convention.

• 4 to give a job or responsibility to someone in a lower position instead of doing it yourself:

  • [ T ] Personnel matters made him uncomfortable, and he increasingly delegated them to others.

• 5 to choose someone to represent a group:

  • Four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the conference.

• 6 a person who is chosen or elected by a group to speak or vote for it, especially at a meeting:

  • More than 1,000 delegates attended the three-day conference.

  • a delegate to a meeting/conference

• 7 to give a particular job, duty, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you:

  • He was always overburdened with too many trivial tasks because he found it impossible to delegate.

  • delegate authority/powers/responsibility The Board may delegate its authority to any duly appointed committee.

  • delegate sth to sb A manufacturer can delegate some or all of its overseas operations to an export house.

• 8 to choose or elect someone to speak or vote for a group, especially at a meeting:

  • delegate sb to do sth The company director, who prepared their submission, cannot be here and has delegated her deputy to present it for her.