delegate

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (noun)
    • IPA: /ˈdɛlɪɡət/
  • (verb)
    • IPA: /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

[edit] Noun

Singular
delegate

Plural
delegates

delegate (plural delegates)

  1. a person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  2. a representative at a conference, etc.
  3. (US) an appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  4. (computing) a type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to delegate

Third person singular
delegates

Simple past
delegated

Past participle
delegated

Present participle
delegating

to delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)

  1. to authorize someone to be a delegate
  2. to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
  3. (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

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

delegate f.

  1. Feminine plural form of delegato

[edit] Noun

delegate f.

  1. Plural form of delegata.

[edit] Verb

delegate

  1. Second-person plural present tense of delegare.
  2. Second-person plural imperative of delegare.
  3. Feminine plural of delegato.
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