delegate

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English

Definitions

noun

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

verb

To authorize someone to be a delegate
To commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate
(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

Related words

Synonyms

depute assign designate deputy delegation deputize nominee proxy procurator agent counsellor managing assistant commissioner member envoy

Associated

convention conventions pledged comintern delegates constitutional secession republican statehood democratic congress whig

Rhymes

elucidate articulate desolate facilitate profligate explicate deliberate delineate ruminate innate

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