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delegation

UK/dɛlɪˈɡeɪʃən/
nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,144 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: delegations

A delegation is a group sent to represent others, or the handing over of work. Lead the delegation, a trade delegation, delegation of authority.

The group sense is the commoner: a delegation arrives, negotiates and reports back. The other sense is a management idea, and the standard warning is that delegation passes on the work and never the responsibility for it.

Definitions of delegation

  1. 1noundelegationA group sent to represent others, or the handing over of work.C1

    “A delegation of farmers travelled to the capital to meet the minister.”

delegation is a group, or a handing over.

Where it comes from

Latin delegatio comes from delegare, to send on a commission — de plus legare, to send as an envoy.

  1. Latin

    delegatio

  2. English, today

    delegation

Borrowed from Latin delegatio, from dēlēgō: compare French délégation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

delegation in the wild

  • Since Florida became a U.S. state in 1845, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

    Florida's congressional delegations

  • The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Oyo comprises three Senators representing Oyo South, Oyo Central, and Oyo North.

    Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Oyo

  • The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Yobe comprises three Senators representing Yobe North, Yobe South, Yobe East and six Representatives representing Gulani/Gujba/Damaturu/Tarmuwa, Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari, Fika/Fune, Nangere/Potiskum, Bade/Jakusko, and Yusufari/Nguru/Machina/Karasuwa.

    Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Yobe

  • The Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Niger State comprises three Senators and nine Representatives.

    Nigerian National Assembly delegation from Niger State

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.