I roomed with a delegate from Algeria.
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Delegate
//ˈdɛlɪɡət//
Synonyms for "delegate" (88 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (44)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
183 translations across 70 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegate noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- përfaqsues noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διατάσσω verb (to commit a task to someone)
Arabic
3 entries- مُوفَد noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- وَكِيل noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- فوض verb (to commit a task to someone)
Armenian
4 entries- դելեգատ noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- պատգամավոր noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- պատվիրակ noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- լիազորել verb (to commit a task to someone)
Asturian
1 entries- delegar verb (to commit a task to someone)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nümayəndə noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Bashkir
1 entries- вәкил noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Belarusian
4 entries- дэлега́т noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- дэлега́тка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- прадстаўні́к noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- прадстаўні́ца noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রতিনিধি noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Bulgarian
4 entries- делега́т noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- делега́тка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- представи́тел noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- представи́телка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Burmese
1 entries- ကိုယ်စားလှယ် noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Catalan
3 entries- delegada noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegar verb (to commit a task to someone)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 代表 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 使節 /使节 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 委託 /委托 verb (to commit a task to someone)
Czech
3 entries- delegát noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegátka noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegovat verb (to commit a task to someone)
Danish
4 entries- befuldmægtiget noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegeret noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- repræsentant noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- betro verb (to commit a task to someone)
Dutch
3 entries- afgevaardigde noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- gedelegeerde noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegeren verb (to commit a task to someone)
Estonian
3 entries- delegaat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- esindaja noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegeerima verb (to commit a task to someone)
Finnish
4 entries- edustaja noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- antaa tehtäväksi verb (to commit a task to someone)
- delegoida verb (to commit a task to someone)
- valtuuttaa verb (to commit a task to someone)
French
3 entries- délégué noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- déléguée noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- déléguer verb (to commit a task to someone)
Georgian
1 entries- დელეგატი noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
German
4 entries- Abgeordnete noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- Abgeordneter noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- Delegierte noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- Delegierter noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Greek
2 entries- απεσταλμένη noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- απεσταλμένος noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Hebrew
2 entries- בא־כוח noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- נָצִיג noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Hindi
3 entries- डेलीगेट noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- नुमाइंदा noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- प्रतिनिधि noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Hungarian
3 entries- delegátus noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- küldött noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegál verb (to commit a task to someone)
Icelandic
1 entries- fulltrúi noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Indonesian
1 entries- wakil noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Interlingua
2 entries- delegata noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegato noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- نَمایَنْدِه noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- نُمایَنْدِه noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- نِمایَنْدِه noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- وَکیل noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Italian
3 entries- delegata noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegato noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegare verb (to commit a task to someone)
Japanese
3 entries- 代理人 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 代表 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 使節 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Kazakh
2 entries- делегат noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- өкіл noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Khmer
2 entries- បេសកជន noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- ប្រតិភូ noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Korean
4 entries- 대리인 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 대리자 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 대표 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- 사절 noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- делегат noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Lao
2 entries- ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- ຜູ້ແທນ noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Latvian
4 entries- delegāte noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegāts noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- pārstāve noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- pārstāvis noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Lithuanian
4 entries- atstovas noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- atstovė noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegatas noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegatė noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Macedonian
4 entries- делега́т noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- делега́тка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- претставник noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- претставничка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Malay
1 entries- wakil noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Mongolian
1 entries- төлөөлөгч noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Māori
2 entries- taraketi noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- tuku mana verb (to commit a task to someone)
Norman
2 entries- d'lédgi noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- d'lédgi verb (to commit a task to someone)
Norwegian
1 entries- delegere verb (to commit a task to someone)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ایلچی noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- سفیر noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Pashto
1 entries- نماينده noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Persian
2 entries- تفویض کردن verb (to commit a task to someone)
- سپردن verb (to commit a task to someone)
Polish
3 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegatka noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- oddelegować verb (to commit a task to someone)
Portuguese
3 entries- delegada noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegado noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegar verb (to commit a task to someone)
Romanian
3 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegată noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delega verb (to commit a task to someone)
Russian
4 entries- делега́т noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- делега́тка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- представи́тель noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- представи́тельница noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- neach-ionaid noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- riochdaire noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- delègāt noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- делѐга̄т noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Slovak
2 entries- delegát noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegátka noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Slovene
2 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegatka noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Spanish
4 entries- delegada noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegado noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegar verb (to commit a task to someone)
- diputar verb (to commit a task to someone)
Swedish
2 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- delegera verb (to commit a task to someone)
Tajik
2 entries- вакил noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- намоянда noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Tatar
2 entries- вәкил noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- делегат noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Thai
3 entries- ตัวแทน noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- ผู้แทน noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- มอบหมาย verb (to commit a task to someone)
Turkish
1 entries- delege noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Turkmen
1 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Ukrainian
4 entries- делега́т noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- делега́тка noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- представни́к noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- представни́ця noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Urdu
2 entries- مَنْدُوب noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- نُمائِنْدَہ noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Uyghur
1 entries- ۋەكىل noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Uzbek
3 entries- delegat noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- namoyanda noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- vakil noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
Vietnamese
3 entries- đại biểu noun (deputy, envoy, representative)
- giao phó verb (to commit a task to someone)
- uỷ thác verb (to commit a task to someone)
Welsh
1 entries- dirprwyo verb (to commit a task to someone)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
She must learn to delegate her responsibilities. She cannot do everything herself.
Source: tatoeba (3272636)
Micromanagers often find it very hard to delegate work to others.
Source: tatoeba (3696640)
What Marcus does best is delegate.
Source: tatoeba (9476280)
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