MEANING
1. To entrust a task or authority to someone acting on one's behalf.
2. A person authorized to represent others at a meeting or organization.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- delegate authority
- delegate a task
On the page
The director delegated the review to an independent panel.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- delegate
- Past tense
- delegated
- Past participle
- delegated
- Present participle
- delegating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- delegate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are delegating
- Present perfect
- have/has delegated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been delegating
- Past
- delegated
- Past continuous
- was/were delegating
- Past perfect
- had delegated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been delegating
- Future
- will delegate
- Future continuous
- will be delegating
- Future perfect
- will have delegated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been delegating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: delegate; delegates; delegated; delegated; delegating. Noun singular delegate; plural delegates. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, qualification. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: delegates.
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