Definitions For Delegate

noun

  • A person appointed or elected to represent others
  • A person who is chosen or elected to vote or act for others

verb

  • Give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
  • Transfer power to someone
  • To give (control, responsibility, authority, etc.) to someone : to trust someone with (a job, duty, etc.)
  • To choose (someone) to do something

Is Delegate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12

The word Delegate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Delegate in a Sentence

  • The U.N. delegates from African countries
  • He's been chosen as a delegate to the convention.
  • A manager should delegate authority to the best employees.
  • Those chores can be delegated to someone else.
  • He doesn't delegate very well.

Synonyms for Delegate

Antonyms for Delegate

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