delegated
US/ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪtɪd/
delegated is the simple past and past participle of delegate.
Meaning of delegate
Verb
delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)
- To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
- New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was perceived to delegate effectively. Wayne Mapp, a minister under Key observed he had 'a different style than the traditional style of New Zealand political management. He delegates in the manner of a chief executive, and lets ministers get on with their jobs'...2020, Jennifer Lees-Marshment, Political Management: The Dance of Government and Politics
- To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
- The war on Covid-19 was delegated to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, a paralysed NHS and scientists publicly feuding over dud data.2020 July 20, Simon Jenkins, “Britain deserves better than an Old Etonian Donald Trump”, in The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- turn over
- To appoint (someone) as one's representative.
- (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
Words formed from delegated
Phrases with delegated
Questions about delegated
- What is delegated the simple past and past participle of?
- Delegated is the simple past and past participle of delegate.
- How do you pronounce delegated?
- Delegated is pronounced /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪtɪd/ (US).
Words near delegated in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: delegated (page history and authors); delegate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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