delegate
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Is delegate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of delegate?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.US
2. (computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.Examples: "Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates."
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.Examples: "New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was perceived to delegate effectively. Wayne Mapp, a minister under Key observed he had 'a different style than the traditional style of New Zealand political management. He delegates in the manner of a chief executive, and lets ministers get on with their jobs' (Mapp 2014)."intransitive
2. (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.Examples: "The war on Covid-19 was delegated to the health secretary, Matt Hancock, a paralysed NHS and scientists publicly feuding over dud data."transitive
3. (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.Internettransitive
adj (English)
1. (obsolete, past participle) delegatednot-comparableobsoleteparticiplepast
2. (obsolete, adjective) Acting as a delegate, delegated; of, pertaining to a delegateadjectivenot-comparableobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary