Past tense of delegate

Forms of delegate

Delegated in a sentence

• 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
• Leadership should not be delegated to “entitled” people.2013, William H. Reid, Stuart B. Silver, Handbook of Mental Health Administration and Management, Routledge, →ISBN, page 525. From the entry entitled
• In practice, there are many types of agents that fall somewhere between these two extremes, depending on the amount of authority delegated to the agent.1998, Toru Ishida, Community Computing: Collaboration Over Global Information Networks. From the entry agentification
• They are not matters upon which, in a delegated democracy — a psephocracy — the authority of the ballot-box is any authority at all.1995, John Aneurin Grey Griffith, Public Law, Stevens & Sons, page 90. From the entry psephocracy
• In twenty-four hours the pot had filled to three dollars, and Charlie, who was going to town to see his Sunday girl, was delegated to subscribe to “some good newspaper.”1960, Arizona and the West. From the entry Sunday girl

Meaning of delegate

1. noun A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
2. noun A representative at a conference, etc.
3. noun An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.

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Questions about the past tense of delegate

What is the past tense of delegate?

The past tense of delegate is delegated.

What is the past participle of delegate?

The past participle of delegate is delegated.

Is delegate a regular or irregular verb?

Delegate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.