Delegation definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Delegation definition: A delegation is a group of people who have been sent somewhere to have talks with other... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'delegation'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× delegation (delɪgeɪʃən ) Wordforms:pluraldelegations 1. countablenoun Adelegationisagroupofpeoplewhohavebeensentsomewheretohavetalkswithotherpeopleonbehalfofalargergroupofpeople. ...adelegationfromSomaliland. HewassenttoNewYorkaspartoftheDutchdelegationtotheUnitedNations. 2. Seealsodelegate MoreSynonymsofdelegation COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof delegation Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'delegation' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'delegation' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'aralia' HindiTranslationof'delegation' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency delegationinBritishEnglish (ˌdɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən ) noun1. apersonorgroupchosentorepresentanotherorothers 2. theactofdelegatingorstateofbeingdelegated 3. USpolitics allthemembersofCongressfromonestate CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency delegationinAmericanEnglish (ˌdɛləˈgeɪʃən ) noun1.  adelegatingorbeingdelegated 2.  abodyofdelegates Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginLdelegatio WordFrequency delegationinAmericanEnglish (ˌdelɪˈɡeiʃən) noun1. agrouporbodyofdelegates Ourclubsentadelegationtotherally 2. thebodyofdelegateschosentorepresentapoliticalunit,asastate,inanassembly theNewJerseydelegationinCongress 3. theactofdelegating 4. thestateofbeingdelegated Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1605–15;‹Ldēlēgātiōn-(s.ofdēlēgātiō),equiv.todēlegāt(us)(seedelegate)+-iōn--ion] Examplesof'delegation'inasentence delegation Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Wesentadelegationoffourpeopletovisittheirchurch.ChristianityToday(2000)Clearlysomeothercountrieshavetriedtoexertinfluencebysendingtradedelegationsbuttheyhavenotgotanywhere.Times,SundayTimes(2011)TheguardsweregivenablockdiplomaticvisaaspartoftheofficialChinesedelegation.TheSun(2008)TheBritishdelegationwerecarefultoavoidtalkingbusinessduringtheiraudienceswiththeroyalfamily.Times,SundayTimes(2011)LeadingadelegationtoChinaisariteofpassageforanypoliticalleader.Times,SundayTimes(2010)TradedelegationsarelininguptodobusinessinLibya.Times,SundayTimes(2009)TwoChinesedelegationshavegonetoAmericainpursuitofthefugitive.Times,SundayTimes(2015)TRADEdelegationsdonotalwaysreturnbearingmuchmorethanholidaysouvenirsbuttheonecurrentlyinIndiaislookingpromising.Times,SundayTimes(2006) COBUILDCollocations delegation  high-leveldelegation officialdelegation parliamentarydelegation sendadelegation tradedelegation Trendsof delegation Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages delegation BritishEnglish:delegation NOUN/ˌdɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/Adelegationisagroupofpeoplewhohavebeensentsomewheretohavetalkswithotherpeopleonbehalfofalargergroupofpeople....adelegationfromthecountry.AmericanEnglish:delegation /dɛlɪˈgeɪʃən/BrazilianPortuguese:delegação Chinese:代表团EuropeanSpanish:delegación French:délégation German:Delegation Italian:delegazione Japanese:代表団Korean:대표단EuropeanPortuguese:delegação LatinAmericanSpanish:delegación Thai:คณะผู้แทน Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically delegation delegateresponsibility delegatework delegatee delegation delegator delegatory delegitimation AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'D' Relatedtermsof delegation tradedelegation officialdelegation sendadelegation congressionaldelegation high-leveldelegation Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofdelegationfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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