delegate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin delegatus.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Noun
- Verb
Noun [edit]
delegate (plural delegates)
- a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
- a representative at a conference, etc.
- (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
- (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer
Synonyms [edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:deputy
Translations [edit]
deputy, envoy, representative
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Verb [edit]
delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)
- to authorize someone to be a delegate
- to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
- (computing) (Internet) (of a subdomain) to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours
Translations [edit]
to commit a task to someone
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
delegate f
- Feminine plural form of delegato
Noun [edit]
delegate f
- Plural form of delegata
Verb [edit]
delegate
- second-person plural present indicative of delegare
- second-person plural imperative of delegare
- Feminine plural of delegato
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
dēlēgāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of dēlēgō