delegate

About 4.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

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.
4. noun A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
5. noun A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.

   The house of delegates in apartheid-era South Africa lacked any real voting power.

6. verb To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.

   delegate to someone

7. verb To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
8. verb To appoint (someone) as one's representative.

Similar words

depute assign designate deputy delegation deputize nominee proxy procurator agent

Often followed by

to from of the in and authority for at

Word family

delegated delegatee delegatees delegates delegating delegator delegators