delegate

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus.

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: dĕlʹĭ-gət, IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪɡət/

Verb

• enPR: dĕlʹĭ-gāt', IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlɪˌɡeɪt/

Noun

delegate (plural delegates)

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

Verb

delegate (third-person singular simple present delegates, present participle delegating, simple past and past participle delegated)

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

Adjective

delegate

1. feminine plural of delegato

Noun

delegate f

1. plural of delegata

Verb

delegate

1. second-person plural present indicative of delegare
2. second-person plural imperative of delegare
3. feminine plural of delegato

Verb

dēlēgāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of dēlēgō