Definitions for delegate

delegate del·e·gate

Spelling: [noun del-i-git, -geyt; verb del-i-geyt]
IPA: /noun ˈdɛl ɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt; verb ˈdɛl ɪˌgeɪt/

Delegate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in delegate (adeeeglt).

Definitions for delegate

noun

  1. a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
  2. (formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
  3. a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.

verb (used with object)

  1. to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
  2. to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.

Origin of delegate

1350-1400; Middle English (noun) Medieval Latin dēlēgātus, noun use of Latin: past participle of dēlēgāre to assign, equivalent to dē- de- + lēgātus deputed; see

Examples for delegate

It seemed that little Shirley Temple had grown up to be a delegate to the United Nations.

Under the Soviet regime, people preferred to delegate power and decision-making to others—Stalin, for example.

It does not say that a delegate must not be a woman, or must be a man.

This is more important than it may seem because it only allows a two-week window where delegate contests have to be proportional.

The Stalwarts hoped to swarm the convention and force a challenge to the delegate roll.

Though the commander-in-chief should delegate as much as possible, wartime relationships matter.

And he—he had striven to delegate to others the burden he was meant to bear.

He was made a delegate of the Red Committee less than a year after his release on licence.

A blow, a shot, a shower of stones, and the peace is broken and the delegate is justified.

I am the unworthy servant and delegate of him who holds the keys.

Word Value for delegate
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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