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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appointment for responsibility |
| Synonyms: | choice, designation, election, naming, proposal, recommendation, selection, suggestion |
| Main Entry: | assignment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | selecting or setting apart |
| Synonyms: | allocation, allotment, appointment, apportionment, appropriation, ascription, assignation, attribution, authorization, choice, consignment, delegation, designation, determination, distribution, giving, grant, nomination, selection, specification, stipulation |
| Antonyms: | keeping |
| Main Entry: | delegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assignment of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, apportioning, authorization, charge, commissioning, committal, consigning, consignment, conveyance, conveying, deputation, deputization, deputizing, devolution, entrustment, giving over, installation, investiture, mandate, nomination, ordination, reference, referring, relegation, sending away, submittal, submitting, transferal, transference, transferring, trust |
| Notes: | a delegation differs from a legation in that the members of a delegation are usually not charged with a specific mission but merely with the overall task of representing the interests of a body of people, often at a conference during an assembly's regular session; a legate usually acts alone while a delegate acts as part of a group |
| Antonyms: | keeping |
| Main Entry: | candidacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willingness |
| Synonyms: | application, candidateship, competition, nomination, offer, preparedness, readiness, running for office |
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