delegate

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:deputy

Translations

deputy, envoy, representative

Arabic: موفد (ar) m. Bulgarian: делегат (bg) m., представител (bg) m. Catalan: delegat m., delegada f. Czech: delegát (cs) m. Dutch: afgevaardigde m., gedelegeerde m. Finnish: edustaja (fi) French: délégué (fr) m., déléguée (fr) f.

German: Delegierter (de) m., Abgeordneter (de) m., Vertreter (de) m. Greek: απεσταλμένος m. (apestalménos), απεσταλμένη f. (apestalménē) Hebrew: בא-כוח (he) (bá-kóakh) m., נציג (he) (natzíg) m. Interlingua: delegato m., delegata f. Japanese: 代表 (daihyō), 使節 (shisetsu), 代理人 (dairinin) Portuguese: delegado (pt) m., delegada (pt) f. Scottish Gaelic: neach-ionaid (gd) m., riochdaire (gd) m. Spanish: delegado (es) m., delegada (es) f.

Verb

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

Translations

to commit a task to someone

Arabic: فوض (ar) Bulgarian: делегирам (bg), упълномощавам (bg)

Czech: delegovat (cs) French: déléguer (fr)

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Italian

Adjective

delegate f.

1. Feminine plural form of delegato

Noun

delegate f.

1. Plural form of delegata.

Verb

delegate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delegare
2. second-person plural imperative of delegare
3. Feminine plural of delegato

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Latin

Verb

dēlēgāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of dēlēgō