English-Thai Dictionary

delegate

N ตัวแทน  ผู้แทน  representative agent ambassador tua-tean

 

delegate

VI มอบให้ ทำแทน  ส่ง ไป เป็นตัวแทน  designate name mob-hai-tam-taen

 

delegate to

PHRV มอบหมาย ให้ เป็นตัวแทน  ให้ แทน  depute to mob-mai-hai-pen-tua-taen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DELEGATE

v.t.[L. To send. ] 1. To send away; appropriately, to send on an embassy; to send with power to transact business, as a representative. The President delegated three commissioners to the court of St. Cloud.
2. To entrust; to commit; to deliver to anothers care and exercise; as, to delegate authority or power to an envoy, representative or judge.

 

DELEGATE

n. 1. A person appointed and sent by another with powers to transact business as his representative; a deputy; a commissioner; a vicar. In the United States, a person elected or appointed to represent a state or a district, in the Congress, or in a Convention for forming or altering a constitution.
2. In Great Britain, a commissioner appointed by the king, under the great seal, to hear and determine appeals from the ecclesiastical court. Hence the Court of Delegates is the great court of appeal in all ecclesiastical causes. It is used also for the court of appeals from that of the admiralty.
3. A layman appointed to attend an ecclesiastical council.

 

DELEGATE

a.Deputed; sent to act for or represent another; as a delegate judge.

 

DELEGATED

pp. Deputed; sent with a trust or commission to act for another; appointed a judge; committed, as authority.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DELEGATE

Del "e *gate, n. Etym: [L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate. ]

 

1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

 

2. (a ) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting. (b ) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution. [U.S.] Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [Eng. ]

 

DELEGATE

Del "e *gate, a. Etym: [L. delegatus, p. p.]

 

Defn: Sent to act for a represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. "Delegate power. " Strype.

 

DELEGATE

Del "e *gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delegated; p. pr. & vb. n.Delegating. ]

 

1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

 

2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit. The delegated administration of the law. Locke. Delegated executive power. Bancroft.The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. J. B. Finch.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

delegate

del e gate ▶noun |ˈdeligit ˈdɛləɡət |a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference. • a member of a committee. ▶verb |ˈdeləˌgāt ˈdɛləˌɡeɪt | [ with obj. ] entrust (a task or responsibility ) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself: he delegates routine tasks | the power delegated to him must never be misused. • [ with obj. and infinitive ] send or authorize (someone ) to do something as a representative: Edward was delegated to meet new arrivals. DERIVATIVES del e ga ble |-gəbəl |adjective, del e ga tor |-ˌgātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission, ’ from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down ’ + legare ‘depute. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

delegate

dele |gate ▶noun |ˈdɛlɪgət |a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference. • a member of a committee. ▶verb |ˈdɛlɪgeɪt | [ with obj. ] entrust (a task or responsibility ) to another person, typically one who is less senior than oneself: she must delegate duties so as to free herself for more important tasks | the power delegated to him must never be misused. • [ with obj. and infinitive ] send or authorize (someone ) to do something as a representative: Edward was delegated to meet new arrivals. DERIVATIVES delegable |ˈdɛlɪgəb (ə )l |adjective, delegator noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin delegatus ‘sent on a commission ’, from the verb delegare, from de- ‘down ’ + legare ‘depute ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

delegate

delegate noun union delegates: representative, envoy, emissary, commissioner, agent, deputy, commissary; spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman; ambassador, plenipotentiary. ▶verb 1 she must delegate routine tasks: assign, entrust, pass on, hand on /over, turn over, devolve, depute, transfer. 2 I don't recall which personnel were delegated to carry out the inspections: authorize, commission, depute, appoint, nominate, mandate, empower, charge, choose, designate, elect.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

delegate

delegate noun delegates from the UN | trade union delegates: representative, envoy, emissary, commissioner, agent, deputy, commissary; spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman; ambassador, plenipotentiary; messenger, go-between, proxy; Scottish depute; Roman Catholic Church nuncio; archaic legate. ▶verb 1 she must learn to delegate routine tasks to others: assign, entrust, give, pass on, hand on /over, turn over, consign, devolve, depute, transfer. 2 members of the Council delegated to negotiate with the Baltic States: authorize, commission, depute, appoint, nominate, name, mandate, empower, charge, choose, select, designate, elect; Military detail.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

delegate

del e gate /délɪɡət, -ɡèɪt /〖de (…から )legate (派遣する )〗(名 )delegation 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 (会議などへの )代表者 , 代表委員, 代理人 (!個人をさし, 代表団はdelegation ) ▸ an American delegate to the United Nations 国連へのアメリカ代表 2 ｟米 ｠(州議会の )下院議員 〘Maryland, Virginia, West Virginiaでの呼称 〙.3 〘米史 〙準州 (territory )選出の下院議員 〘発言はできるが投票権はない 〙.動詞 /délɪɡèɪt /～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -gating 他動詞 1 【人に 】〈権限 責務など 〉を委任する, 任せる «to » ▸ delegate responsibility [authority ] to the secretary 幹事に責務 [権限 ]を任せる [譲る ]2 【会議などに 】〈人 〉を代表として派遣する «to » ; 〖通例be ～d 〗 «…するよう » 遂行者 [代表者 ]として選任される (appoint ) «to do » ▸ He was delegated to perform a task .彼はある任務遂行を任された 3 〘法 〙〈人 〉に債務を転付する .自動詞 権限を譲る, 任せる .