delegation

C1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən/ UK /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #13518

Meanings

1

noun
A group of people chosen to represent a country, organization, or group.

The American delegation arrived for the peace talks.
2

noun
The act of giving part of your work or authority to someone else.

Good delegation lets managers focus on the most important tasks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a group of people chosen to... delegacy

Word family

Forms delegations

Derived forms nondelegationpredelegationredelegationsubdelegation

Related forms delegate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.

delegatio Latin

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Topics

Places & Geography Word Formation & Derivatives

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# delegation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 13518

## Meanings
1. A group of people chosen to represent a country, organization, or group.
2. The act of giving part of your work or authority to someone else.

## Examples
- The American delegation arrived for the peace talks.
- Good delegation lets managers focus on the most important tasks.

## Derived Forms
- nondelegation
- predelegation
- redelegation
- subdelegation

## Related Forms
- delegate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: delegatio

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.

## AI Etymology
Delegation is borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation. The historical chain includes delegatio (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as nondelegation, predelegation, redelegation, and subdelegation and related forms such as delegate. In present use it covers a group of people chosen to represent a country, organization, or group and the act of giving part of your work or authority to someone else.

## Topics
- Places & Geography
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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