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delegate to

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delegate someone to something
to appoint someone to something; to appoint someone to be something. I will delegate Jane to be our representative. Donna was delegated to attend the conference.

delegate something to someone

to assign a task to someone; to appoint someone to do a specific task. I will have to delegate this job to Sam, who knows how to do these things. The job was delegated to Sally.


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The e-mail grapevine, instant communication, is partly responsible for it, too," said Bartlett, who is running to be a delegate to his fifth Democratic national convention.
In the case of instructive delegation, a player designs a set of instructions and requires her delegate to follow the instructions.
4) To serve as a delegate to the House of Delegates.
 
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