delegates

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a person chosen or elected by a group to speak, vote, etc. for them, especially at a meeting:

Delegates have voted in favour of the motion.

delegate to Each union elects several delegates to the annual conference.

to give a particular job, duty, right, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you:

delegate something to someone As a boss you have to delegate responsibilities to your staff.

Authority to make financial decisions has been delegated to a special committee.

delegate to He's a politician who tends to delegate to subordinates.

If you're too busy, learn to delegate.

to choose or elect someone to speak, vote, etc. for a group, especially at a meeting:

be delegated to A group of four teachers were delegated to represent their colleagues at the union conference.

a person chosen or elected by a group to represent the group, esp. at a meeting:

Each state chooses delegates to the national convention.

to give a job or responsibility to someone in a lower position instead of doing it yourself:

[ T ] Personnel matters made him uncomfortable, and he increasingly delegated them to others.

to choose someone to represent a group:

Four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the conference.

a person who is chosen or elected by a group to speak or vote for it, especially at a meeting:

More than 1,000 delegates attended the three-day conference.

a delegate to a meeting/conference

to give a particular job, duty, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you:

He was always overburdened with too many trivial tasks because he found it impossible to delegate.

delegate authority/powers/responsibility The Board may delegate its authority to any duly appointed committee.

delegate sth to sb A manufacturer can delegate some or all of its overseas operations to an export house.

to choose or elect someone to speak or vote for a group, especially at a meeting:

delegate sb to do sth The company director, who prepared their submission, cannot be here and has delegated her deputy to present it for her.