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noun

plural of delegate
1
as in ambassadors
a person sent on a mission to represent another the delegate had a list of concerns to discuss with the country's new prime minister

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as in representatives
a person who acts or does business for another the real estate developer sent a delegate to the town meeting to represent his interests

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delegates

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verb

present tense third-person singular of delegate
1
as in commissions
to appoint as one's representative he delegated his son to go pick up the tickets for him

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as in hands
to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another a manager who is reluctant to delegate authority to subordinates

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Recent Examples of delegates
Noun
Barbers and tattoo artists prepared to become drivers for delegates and student volunteers to usher dignitaries. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 The party already held its endorsement convention, where delegates backed candidates for attorney general, secretary of state and other statewide offices. — Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026 This came before Nataraja played delegates the trailer of The Great British Bake Off‘s seventeenth season, which is due to launch in coming weeks. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026 At least half of the twenty-one delegates were from Quebec, three were from Cameroon, and the rest lived in or around Paris. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, youth advocates from the UNICEF Club at Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland met with state senators, delegates and staffers at the Annapolis State House and attended some committee hearings. — Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Addressing thousands of officials and delegates at the Great Hall of the People, Xi portrayed China as a country that was facing tough times, but one that would emerge unscathed. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026 Its members included farmers, laborers, and reformers, and delegates included representatives from local unions and labor bodies. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026 Under new rules approved by the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, the DNC would not seat any of a rogue state’s delegates to the national convention and impose a $270,000 fine. — Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
States have largely refused to comply, citing privacy laws and the Constitution, which expressly delegates election administration to the states subject to congressional oversight. — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 Wilson Tamfuh, a public and international law professor at the University of Dschang in West Cameroon, said the country has institutions that can keep the government running when the president delegates responsibilities. — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 Instead, Captain Pike delegates the investigation to Division 12, a mysterious branch of Starfleet that specializes in unexplained phenomena. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 30 July 2026 The memo delegates the Defense Secretary to use the Defense Production Act, which can be used to jumpstart production of key items. — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 16 June 2026 According to Stern, there is also guardianship paperwork, which has been signed by the children’s mother, that delegates parental authority to Omar, who Stern says has acted as a liaison for the children on school and medical matters because their mother does not speak English, per Rochester First. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026 Coyle also delegates various administrators representing each sport to keep lists of prospective coaches. — Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026 In addition, as Professors Sam Ehrlich and Ryan Rodenberg recently explained in the Cardozo Law Review, there’s a potential non-delegation problem with legislation that delegates regulatory power to private athletic associations such as the NCAA or College Sports Commission. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025 In the United States, the federal government delegates the regulation of the practice of medicine to the states, which aren’t racing nearly fast enough right now to catch up with the galloping med spa industry. — Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for delegates
  1. ambassadors
  2. representatives
  3. commissions
  4. hands
  5. envoys
  6. deputies
  7. appoints
  8. leaves
Noun
  • Hermès does not employ celebrity ambassadors, as most other major luxury brands do, but, perhaps in a nod to the setting, the evening’s front row was a touch starrier than usual.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Trump’s Truth Social post came after a meeting with actor Jon Voight, one of the president’s designated Hollywood ambassadors who has played a key role in lobbying for the film industry and advocating for a federal tax credit.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ambassadors
Noun
  • The Washington Examiner contacted representatives from the DOJ and the FBI.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The company officially opened the new Austin Innovation Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Silicon Labs senior leaders and employees, as well as representatives from the State of Texas.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of representatives
Verb
  • Thanks to Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s funny, poignant — and sexy — folk tale, starring Olivia Colman as a village fisherwoman who commissions a fantastical husband, audiences won’t want to forget it.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • At the same time, Niccolò also secretly commissions the openly gay upstart Michelangelo (Brennan Pickman-Thoon) to paint the Battle of Cascina.
    — Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of commissions
Verb
  • Wayne picks Gregory up at a motel, in Mobile, Alabama, and hands him a briefcase containing, among other things, a gun.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The consultant reasons by filling a notebook with calculations, then hands you a one-sentence answer, and keeps the notebook.
    — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of hands
Noun
  • Washington envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff visited Moscow and Kyiv for separate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy at the weekend.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The envoys held extensive conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow the day before.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of envoys
Noun
  • As deputies prepared to have the vehicle towed, one found a small black pouch containing passports and a Social Security card.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • That same year, deputies severely beat Joseph Perez on a San Gabriel Valley street, leaving him in need of 30 stitches and staples in his face and head.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of deputies
Verb
  • The speaker of the House appoints the House parliamentarian; the Senate parliamentarian serves at the pleasure of the secretary of the Senate, who is elected by senators at the start of each Congress.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The president appoints the secretary of the Interior Department.
    — Innisfree McKinnon, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of appoints
Verb
  • Incredibly, in their last two postseason series, the Phillies are 0-4 when their starter leaves the game with a lead.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Under full-accrual standards, expenses are recognized when incurred, not when cash leaves the account.
    — Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026
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“Delegates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delegates. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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