Definition for Delegation:

• One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

Synonyms for Delegation:

• n.

  •
  • club,
  • Support Group,
  • transferal,
  • ordination,
  • association,
  • retraction,
  • installation,
  • investiture,
  • authorization,
  • mandate,
  • Referring,
  • nomination,
  • panel,
  • abrogation,
  • police,
  • trust,
  • conveyance,
  • flash mobbing,
  • regulation,
  • sending,
  • flash mob.
  •
  • business,
  • call,
  • gathering,
  • calling,
  • background.
  •agency (noun)
  • conductor,
  • means,
  • vehicle,
  • instrument,
  • lieutenancy,
  • empowerment,
  • medium,
  • machinery,
  • instrumentality,
  • agency,
  • proxy.
  •appointment (noun)
  • certification,
  • namings,
  • commissionings,
  • Certifications,
  • naming,
  • election.
  •assignment (noun)
  • de terminations,
  • de-terminations,
  • de termination,
  • de-termination.
  •assignment of responsibility (noun)
  • committal,
  • entrustment,
  • transference,
  • sending away,
  • reference,
  • relegation,
  • Transferring,
  • commissioning,
  • submittal,
  • devolution,
  • deputizing,
  • Submitting,
  • apportioning,
  • conveying,
  • charge,
  • deputization,
  • Consigning,
  • consignment,
  • giving over.
  •commission (noun)
  • re-presentative,
  • power attorney,
  • re presentative.
  •convention (noun)
  • de legate,
  • de legates,
  • de-legates,
  • de-legate,
  • clambakes.
  •delegacy (noun)
  • delegacy.
  •delegating (noun)
  • delegating.
  •delegation (noun)
  • organization,
  • subcommittee,
  • committee,
  • relegating.
  •embassy (noun)
  • diplomatic offices,
  • consular offices.
  •group (noun)
  • delegation.
  •group of representatives (noun)
  • envoys,
  • contingent.
  •registration (noun)
  • registrants,
  • registrant.
  •representation (noun)
  • Effigies,
  • Re-presentation,
  • adumbration.
  •troop (noun)
  • fighting mens,
  • servicemens.
  •troop/troops (noun)
  • out fits,
  • out-fit,
  • service personnels,
  • out-fits,
  • out fit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • livelihood,
  • professional development,
  • work experience,
  • vacancy,
  • incumbency,
  • hot desking,
  • occupational,
  • off-site,
  • job description,
  • opportunity,
  • portfolio working,
  • probation,
  • order book,
  • career,
  • workload,
  • job-sharing,
  • metier,
  • working practices,
  • division of labor,
  • job security,
  • working life.
  •
  • commitment,
  • gig,
  • employment,
  • sustenance,
  • pluralism,
  • collaboration,
  • slot,
  • opus,
  • tenure,
  • profession.
  •
  • situation,
  • start out,
  • job.
  •
  • load,
  • professionally,
  • labor,
  • opening.
  •
  • trade,
  • professional.
  •
  • work,
  • function.
  •
  • term,
  • position.
  •
  • service.
  •
  • line.

Paraphrases for Delegation:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    delegations.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    legation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    observations, expressions, experiments, comments, powers, Does, Has, Delegated, mission, devolution, representation, Missions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    takes, Delegated, negotiator, mission, entourage, deputation, devolution, representation.
  • Verb, past tense
    suggested, noted, pointed, agreed, Arrived, welcomed, Hoped, Commented, Gave, Believed, Was, expressed, Took, Wished, Appeared, requested, attached, mission.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    wishes, mission, Missions.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    delegate, delegates.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    delegate.
  • Verb, past tense
    Delegated, delegates.
  • Verb, base form
    delegate.

Antonyms for Delegation:

• n.

  • assignment of responsibility
    keeping.

Delegation Sentence Examples:

• Billy Evans' wife promised to see to it that Billy painted the livery barn and there's a delegation of ladies appointed to wait on Mert Hagley and see if we can't get him to mend his sheds.

• An embarrassing request, for musical talent was not conspicuous in the delegation; but Peter, Gallatin's black servant, rose to the occasion.

Homophones for Delegation:

• delectation.

Hypernym for Delegation:

• n.

  • group
    embassy, diplomatic mission.

Hyponym for Delegation:

• n.

  • group
    organization, organisation.