0 past simple and past participle of devolve
1 to (cause power or responsibility to) be given to other people:
To be a good manager, you must know how to devolve responsibility downwards.
formal Those duties will necessarily devolve on/upon me.
At odds with a climate of reduced unknowns and devolved responsibility is a desire in good clients to pursue creativity, novelty and delight.
Clearly, by reverting to a more centralized system the party center felt that in 1989 it had devolved too much power to the ordinary members.
This produces an inherently unstable system, managing at arm's length a complex range of diverse organisations to which self-management has been devolved.
Unfortunately, many of the arguments have devolved to an unproductive level.
Administrative budgets have been devolved, and managers have been given increased autonomy in organising offices.
The establishment of these devolved committees with their 'crusading enthusiasm' was later praised officially as a triumph of organisation, devotion, and harmonious cooperation.
Ultimately, responsibility for individual subjects remains with the headteacher and governors, but much work has been increasingly devolved, at least theoretically, to subject leaders.
This style of ' bringing government back in' raises questions about the perceived costs and benefits of devolved forms of network governance in environmental management.
