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Showing words for DELEGATE using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Delegate

delegate

7 Letter Words for Delegate

gelated, gleeted, legated, legatee, teagled

6 Letter Words for Delegate

delate, delete, eagled, eaglet, elated, gealed, gelate, ledget, leegte, legate, teagle, teedle, telega

5 Letter Words for Delegate

adlet, agete, aglee, aglet, atlee, dalet, dealt, delta, eagle, elate, etage, galee, galet, gated, gelee, glade, glead, glede, gleed, gleet, lated, ledge, tagel, taled, teade, teaed, tedge, teleg

4 Letter Words for Delegate

adet, aged, agee, aget, alee, ated, atle, dale, dalt, date, deal, deet, dele, delt, eale, edea, edge, egad, egal, gade, gael, gaet, gale, galt, gate, geal, geat, geed, geet, geld, geta, glad, gled, glee, lade, laet, late, lead, leat, leda, lede, leed, leet, lege, lete, tade, taed, tael, tald, tale, tead, teal, teed, teel, tega, tela, teld, tele

3 Letter Words for Delegate

ade, age, agt, ald, ale, alg, alt, ate, dae, dag, dal, dat, dea, dee, deg, del, det, dle, ead, eat, eeg, eel, ela, eld, elt, eta, gad, gal, gat, ged, gee, gel, get, gld, glt, gtd, gte, lad, lag, lat, ldg, lea, led, lee, leg, let, ltd, tad, tag, tal, tea, ted, tee, teg, tel

Definitions for Delegate

[1] a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
[2] (formerly) the representative of a Territory in the U.S. House of Representatives.
[3] a member of the lower house of the state legislature of Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia.
[4] to send or appoint (a person) as deputy or representative.
[5] to commit (powers, functions, etc.) to another as agent or deputy.
[6] a person chosen or elected to act for or represent another or others, esp at a conference or meeting
[7] US government a representative of a territory in the US House of Representatives
[8] to give or commit (duties, powers, etc) to another as agent or representative; depute
[9] (tr) to send, authorize, or elect (a person) as agent or representative
[10] (tr) mainly US to assign (a person owing a debt to oneself) to one's creditor in substitution for oneself

Words related to Delegate

commissioner, nominee, deputy, envoy, member, minister, senator, authorize, accredit, elect, assign, designate, entrust, relegate, ambassador, vicar, mouthpiece, viceroy, emissary, surrogate

Words nearby Delegate

delectation, deledda, delegable, delegacy, delegalize, delegate, delegation, delegatory, delegitimatize, delegitimize, delete

Origin of Delegate

1350–1400; Middle English (noun) < Medieval Latin dēlēgātus, noun use of Latin: past participle of dēlēgāre to assign, equivalent to dē- de- + lēgātus deputed; see legate

Other words from Delegate

del·e·ga·tee [del-i-guh -tee ] /ˌdɛl ɪ gəˈti/ , noun
del·e·ga·tor [del -i-gey-ter] /ˈdɛl ɪˌgeɪ tər/ , noun
non·del·e·gate , noun
pre·del·e·gate , noun, verb, pre·del·e·gat·ed, pre·del·e·gat·ing.
re·del·e·gate , verb (used with object), re·del·e·gat·ed, re·del·e·gat·ing.
sub·del·e·gate , noun
sub·del·e·gate , verb (used with object), sub·del·e·gat·ed, sub·del·e·gat·ing.
un·del·e·gat·ed , adjective

Word origin for Delegate

C14: from Latin dēlēgāre to send on a mission, from lēgāre to send, depute; see legate

Synonyms for Delegate

commissioner, deputy, envoy, member, minister, nominee, senator, agent, alternate, ambassador, appointee, consul, emissary, factor, front, legate, mouthpiece, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, rep, replacement, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, vicar, viceroy, catchpole, member of Congress, people's choice, pinch hitter