delegation
An act of delegatingAn act of delegating.
» No delegation was allowed to visit the besieged region.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of delegating.
Delegierung, Abordnung
делеги́рованиеdelegírovanije
делегува́нняdelehuvánnja
(countable, uncountable)The condition of being delegated.
(countable, uncountable)A group of delegates.
the American delegation
Delegation, Abordnung
делега́цияdelegácija
делега́ціяdelehácija
a group of representatives or delegates
(countable, uncountable)A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
Delegation
(countable, uncountable)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)
Anweisung
Examples
17 sentencesNo delegation was allowed to visit the besieged region.
The delegation were escorted around the newly-built stadium.
The mayor welcomed the delegation with a courtesy visit.
Many delegations left the meeting room as a sign of protest.
deViele Delegationen verließen als Zeichen des Protests den Sitzungssaal.
It was the first delegation that the new country had ever received.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.
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Forms
plural: delegations| Singular | delegation |
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Synonyms
8 synonyms- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions:delegatingrelegatingrelegationdeputation
- a group of representatives or delegates:deputationcommissiondelegacymission
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable