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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)

  1. (intransitive) 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
  2. (transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) To appoint (someone) as one's representative.
  4. (Internet, transitive) (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.

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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

  1. delegant
  2. delegants
  3. delegatable
  4. delegate
  5. Delegate River
  6. delegated
  7. delegated legislation
  8. delegated legislations
  9. delegatee
  10. delegatees
  11. delegates

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