delegation
Americannoun
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a group or body of delegates.
Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
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the body of delegates chosen to represent a political unit, as a state, in an assembly.
the New Jersey delegation in Congress.
- Synonyms:
- commission
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the act of delegating.
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the state of being delegated.
noun
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a person or group chosen to represent another or others
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the act of delegating or state of being delegated
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politics all the members of Congress from one state
Other Word Forms
- nondelegation noun
- predelegation noun
- redelegation noun
- subdelegation noun
Etymology
Origin of delegation
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin dēlēgātiōn-, stem of dēlēgātiō “assignment, appointment,” equivalent to dēlēgāt(us) “assigned, appointed” ( delegate ) + -iō -ion
Example Sentences
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In December 1979, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs led a delegation of his engineers into Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, the legendary PARC, for a demonstration of PARC’s most closely held inventions.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
During President Obama’s first term, when the U.S. and Cuba initially made attempts to thaw our icy relationship, I visited the island country as part of an educational delegation.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
They rolled out the red carpet last summer, when technical director Jason Wilcox was part of the delegation that spoke to Gabriel with a sales pitch that kept the Londoner in the north-west.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
When Russia started using the Shaheds on the battlefield, a delegation of several dozen Iranian officers gathered in Crimea to watch footage of the effects on Ukrainian cities and front-line positions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
The Virginia delegation had already received its marching orders to mobilize behind an amended version of the report.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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