delegated
- 1Simple past and past participle of delegate.
The director delegated authority to her deputies before going on leave.
Many routine responsibilities were delegated to the new committee.
Note
One spelling does two jobs here. It is the simple past (she delegated the task) and also the participle after have or be (it was delegated to the committee). What is handed over is the object, and the person receiving it follows to. The verb can also stand alone, as in a manager who never delegated. On the Internet, a subdomain is delegated when authority over it is given to someone else.
delegated is a form of delegate
delegate, verb: To assign a task or responsibility to someone else, especially a person who works under you. Full entry
- Forms
- delegatedelegates he/she/itdelegating -ing formdelegated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- delegate → delegated: add -d
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