delegation
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delegation
- /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.
noun delegations
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An act of delegating.
Decentralisation of the railways was provided for by the establishment of Area Boards for each Region, which began to function on January 1, 1955, and by the extended delegation of powers to the Boards and their General Managers; […].
Similar: turnover
- The condition of being delegated.
- A group of delegates. the American delegation
- A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
- The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate) The mere delegation of a performance imposes no duty on the delegate to perform. If the delegate performs the duty, the duty is discharged. If the delegate does not perform the duty, the duty is not discharged, but any claim of the obligee for breach is against the delegating party and not against t
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: delegacy, deputation, mission, commission, relegation, delegating, relegating, delegate, credentials, sponsor, legation, mandate, caucus, negotiator, conferral, authorization
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noun act of delegating
| Português | delegação |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Delegierung, Abordnung |
| Русский | делеги́рование delegírovanije |
| العربية | تَفْوِيض tafwīḍ |
noun a group of delegates
| Español | delegación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 대표단 daepyodan |
| 日本語 | 代表団 daihyōdan |
| 中文 | 代表團 /代表团 dàibiǎotuán |
| हिन्दी | प्रत्यायोजन pratyāyojan, प्रतिनिधि मंडल pratinidhi maṇḍal, प्रतिनिधान pratinidhān, वफ़्द vafd |
| Português | delegação |
| Français | délégation |
| Deutsch | Delegation, Abordnung |
| Italiano | delegazione |
| Ελληνικά | αντιπροσωπεία antiprosopeía |
| Română | delegație |
| Русский | делега́ция delegácija |
| Tiếng Việt | đoàn đại biểu |
| العربية | بِعْثَة biʕṯa, وَفْد wafd |
| עברית | מִשְׁלַחַת mishlákhat |
noun (computing) a method dispatching technique
| Deutsch | Delegation |
|---|
noun (law) the substitution of the person who performs
| Français | délégation |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Anweisung |
Talk about this word "delegation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/delegation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. delegation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/delegation "delegation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/delegation.Cite this
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title = {delegation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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