delegation
Pluraldelegations
- 1A group of people chosen to speak or act for others.
Like a team of players sent to represent their school at a contest.
The delegation arrived at the airport early in the morning.
A small delegation met with the mayor to share their concerns.
Similarmission, deputation, contingent
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- 2The act of giving a task or power to someone else to handle.
Like handing out chores so one person doesn't have to do everything.
Good delegation lets a manager focus on the most important work.
Through careful delegation, she shared the project among her team.
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- 3When someone who owes a duty passes the job of doing it to another person.
Like asking a friend to keep a promise you made, so they do it instead of you.
The agreement permitted delegation of the repair duty to a third party.
Through delegation, the person who owed the work handed the job to someone else.
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- 4A way for one object to handle a task by passing it to another object.
Like asking a friend who knows the answer instead of working it out yourself.
In this language, delegation lets one object borrow behavior from another.
The team used delegation to share code between similar objects.
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Origin
It comes from the Latin word 'dēlēgātiō', from the verb 'dēlēgō'.