delegation C1 Topic:People & Society 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 AI details Borrowed from Latin dēlēgātiō, dēlēgātiōnis, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation. delegatio Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown