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Word: delegate (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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Verb:

  • of a subdomain to give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of yours
  • to authorize someone to be a delegate
  • to commit a task to someone, especially a subordinate

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