delegations

Meaning of delegations

plural noun
  1. a body of delegates or representatives; a deputation.
    a delegation of teachers
  2. the action or process of delegating or being delegated.
    the delegation of power to the district councils

early 17th century (denoting the action or process of delegating; also in the sense ‘delegated power’): from Latin delegatio(n- ), from delegare ‘send on a commission’ (see delegate).

Information about delegations

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of delegations is: delegation.
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Hyphenation of delegations

del-e-ga-tions

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
  • delegations is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

delegations synonyms

Meaning a group of people appointed to undertake a mission or take part in a formal process on behalf of a larger group:

deputation

Meaning a body of delegates; a committee or delegation:

delegacy

Meaning a diplomatic minister, especially one below the rank of ambassador, and their staff:

legation

Meaning a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something:

commission

Meaning a person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference:

delegates

Meaning a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others:

representatives

Meaning a short stanza concluding a ballade:

envoys

Meaning a person sent as a diplomatic representative on a special mission:

emissaries

Meaning a person who is appointed to undertake the duties of a superior in the superior's absence:

deputies

Meaning a group of people sharing a common feature, forming part of a larger group:

contingent

Meaning a number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together:

group

Meaning a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment:

party

Meaning the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal:

body

Meaning a task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study:

assignment

Meaning assign the responsibility for doing something to (someone):

entrusting

Meaning providing love or other emotional support; caring:

giving

Meaning the action of sending a person to prison or a psychiatric hospital:

committal

Meaning the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration:

devolution

Meaning the action of transferring something or the process of being transferred:

transference

Anagrams of delegations

gestadienol

Words that rhyme with delegations

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