What part of speech is delegate?

Delegate can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. delegate is a verb, present, 1st person singular of delegate (infinitive).
  • 2. delegate is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. delegate is a noun, singular of delegates.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does delegate mean?

Definitions

Verb

delegate - give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
delegate - transfer power to someone

Noun

delegate - a person appointed or elected to represent others

Examples of delegate

#   Sentence  
1. noun China was among 30 nations invited to send a delegate to NASA-sponsored roundtable discussions on Bush's strategy to reach the moon with astronauts as the first step in the exploration of Mars and other-deep space destinations.
2. noun I roomed with a delegate from Algeria.
3. noun What Marcus does best is delegate.
4. noun His classmates put their trust in him: he was elected delegate.
5. noun Her classmates put their trust in her: she was elected delegate.
6. verb She must learn to delegate her responsibilities. She cannot do everything herself.
7. verb Micromanagers often find it very hard to delegate work to others.
Sentence  
noun
China was among 30 nations invited to send a delegate to NASA-sponsored roundtable discussions on Bush's strategy to reach the moon with astronauts as the first step in the exploration of Mars and other-deep space destinations.
I roomed with a delegate from Algeria.
What Marcus does best is delegate.
His classmates put their trust in him: he was elected delegate.
Her classmates put their trust in her: she was elected delegate.
verb
She must learn to delegate her responsibilities. She cannot do everything herself.
Micromanagers often find it very hard to delegate work to others.

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