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delegation

[ del-i-gey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a group or body of delegates:

    Our club sent a delegation to the rally.

  2. the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly:

    the New Jersey delegation in Congress.

    Synonyms:

  3. the act of delegating.
  4. the state of being delegated.


delegation

/ ËŒ»åÉ›±ôɪˈɡ±ðɪʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. a person or group chosen to represent another or others
  2. the act of delegating or state of being delegated
  3. politics all the members of Congress from one state
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of delegation1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin »åŧ±ôŧ²µÄå³Ù¾±Å²Ô-, stem of »åŧ±ôŧ²µÄå³Ù¾±Å “assignment, appointment,†equivalent to »åŧ±ôŧ²µÄå³Ù(³Ü²õ) “assigned, appointed†( delegate ) + -¾±Å -ion
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Example Sentences

They added that the EA has been working to engage the relevant environmental authorities in India on this issue and is taking steps to arrange a delegation to meet with officials later this year.

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The delegation of senators — four Democrats and one Independent — said they were angered that they had to fly to Cuba on Friday for answers to questions they’ve been asking administration officials for months.

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It was a day in which an acquisitive foreign power had sent an uninvited delegation to the world's largest island with an uncomfortable message.

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She joined a Biden administration delegation feting the country’s new president, despite warnings about the explosive potential of incoming Santa Ana winds.

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A high-powered delegation of US officials will spend Friday at a remote military base on Greenland in what is being viewed as the latest manifestation of American designs on the sparsely populated semi-autonomous Danish territory.

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