delegate
noun [ C ]
MEETINGS uk/ˈdelɪɡət/ usa person who is chosen or elected by a group to speak or vote for it, especially at a meeting:
More than 1,000 delegates attended the three-day conference.
a delegate to a meeting/conference
delegate
verb
uk/ˈdelɪɡeɪt/ us [ I or T ] MANAGEMENT
to give a particular job, duty, etc. to someone else so that they do it for you:
He was always overburdened with too many trivial tasks because he found it impossible to delegate.
delegate authority/powers/responsibility The Board may delegate its authority to any duly appointed committee.
delegate sth to sb A manufacturer can delegate some or all of its overseas operations to an export house.
[ T ] MEETINGS
to choose or elect someone to speak or vote for a group, especially at a meeting:
delegate sb to do sth The company director, who prepared their submission, cannot be here and has delegated her deputy to present it for her.