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delegate

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Is delegate a Scrabble word?

Yes, delegate is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • 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

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "delegate"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "delegate"?

Scrabble
10 points
D2
E1
L1
E1
G2
A1
T1
E1
Words With Friends
12 points
D2
E1
L2
E1
G3
A1
T1
E1

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