delegate
Definition
- n. a person appointed or elected to represent others
- v. transfer power to someone
- v. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
Word forms
- Past participle
- delegated
- Present participle
- delegating
- Third person singular
- delegates
- Past tense
- delegated
Example sentences
n.
The delegate from our company will present the new product at the conference.
vt.
The manager decided to delegate the task to a junior employee.