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delegate

The correct spelling is delegate.

How to pronounce delegate

noun

Say it like: Del-ega-te

The correct spelling is delegate. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  2. 2.A representative at a conference, etc.
  3. 3.An appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  4. 4.A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer

verb

  1. 1.To authorize someone to be a delegate
  2. 2.To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
  3. 3.(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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