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Meaning of delegate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈdɛlɪɡət

Definitions

  1. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy
  2. A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  3. A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
  4. A representative at a conference, etc.
  5. A representative at a conference, etc
  6. An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
    US
  7. An appointed representative in some legislative bodies
  8. A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
  9. A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer
  10. A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.
  11. A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power

Equivalents

العربية المندوب فوض موفد وَكيل
Azərbaycanca nümayəndə
Беларуская прадстаўнік
Čeština delegát delegovat
Eesti delegeerima
فارسی سپردن
עברית נציג
Bahasa Indonesia wakil
Íslenska fulltrúi
Italiano delegare delegata delegate delegato
日本語 代理人 代表 使節
ქართული დელეგატი
Қазақша делегат өкіл
한국어 대리인 대리자 대표 사절
Kurdî delege
Lietuvių atstovas delegatas
Latviešu pārstāvis
Монгол төлөөлөгч
Bahasa Melayu wakil
မြန်မာဘာသာ ကိုယ်စားလှယ်
Српски представник
Svenska delegat delegera
Türkçe delege
ئۇيغۇرچە ۋەكىل
Oʻzbekcha vakil

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.”
“The house of delegates in apartheid-era South Africa lacked any real voting power.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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