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Main Entry:
del·e·gate
[
n.
del
-i-git
,
-geyt
;
v.
del
-i-geyt
]
/
n.
ˈdɛl
ɪ
gɪt
,
-ˌgeɪt
;
v.
ˈdɛl
ɪˌgeɪt
/
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delegate
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Example Sentences
Congress
delegate
d its ability to choose individual projects to technocrats.
Use sweat equity for tasks in your comfort zone, and
delegate
the rest.
She lost 11 races in a row in three weeks, relinquishing a lead in the
delegate
count that she would not get back.
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Verb
Congress
delegate
d its ability to choose individual projects to technocrats.
Use sweat equity for tasks in your comfort zone, and
delegate
the rest.
Do not fall prey to large firms who send in their top talker to sell you and then
delegate
the real work to junior people.
Your manager could assign someone to be responsible to answer the phones and
delegate
others to deal with the walk-ins.
One caution: You can't
delegate
the creation of purpose to middle management.
Let him
delegate
to others the costly courtesies and decorations of social life.
He could not
delegate
and involved himself in such minor matters as a private's request for a transfer to be nearer his brother.
Noun
She lost 11 races in a row in three weeks, relinquishing a lead in the
delegate
count that she would not get back.
Each of the convention's
delegate
s ranked all eight candidates in order .
The game uses a strictly proportional
delegate
system, as opposed to the winner-take-all rules of many real state primaries.
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