Wondering how to use Delegate in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as depute or designate.
Delegate meaning
- A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- A representative at a conference, etc.
- An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
Using Delegate
- The main meaning on this page is: A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy. | A representative at a conference, etc. | An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- Useful related words include: depute, designate, assign, representative.
- In the example corpus, delegate often appears in combinations such as: to delegate, the delegate, delegate and.
Context around Delegate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 8 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Delegate
- In this selection, "delegate" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, youth, georgia, likewise, stacey, ken and jennifer stand out and add context to how "delegate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a delegate is a and a georgia delegate at least. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "delegate" sits close to words such as bo, carriage and geared, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with delegate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A delegate is a type that references a method that has the same signature as that of the delegate. (19 words)
Delegation involves two objects: a 'sender' passes itself to a 'delegate' to let the delegate refer to the sender. (19 words)
Each member state has four representatives at the conference: two government delegates, an employer delegate and a worker delegate. (19 words)
At the weaponization subcommittee’s last session, Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, the top Democrat, rose from her seat and threw a piece of paper back at a Republican who had handed it to her to prove a point. (41 words)
Multiple Democratic progressives, including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (with his own scandal baggage), Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, state Sen. Jennifer McClellan, and Delegate and self-identified socialist Lee Carter are contemplating runs for governor. (34 words)
The candidates’ delegate percentage was calculated by dividing the number of pledged delegates allocated to them by CNN or AP by the total delegate allocation and rounding the result to the nearest whole number. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
A delegate is a type that references a method that has the same signature as that of the delegate.
Likewise, Delegate Ken Plum, who represents the Reston area, and is the longest-serving delegate, will retire after 40 years of service.
Multiple Democratic progressives, including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (with his own scandal baggage), Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy, state Sen. Jennifer McClellan, and Delegate and self-identified socialist Lee Carter are contemplating runs for governor.
State legislative candidates who spoke at the Capito office included Delegate Eric Nelson, R-Kanawha, who is in the midst of a state Senate race against Delegate Andrew Robinson, D-Kanawha.
The candidates’ delegate percentage was calculated by dividing the number of pledged delegates allocated to them by CNN or AP by the total delegate allocation and rounding the result to the nearest whole number.
Program also included a report on the International Youth Exchange Program in Hiroshima in summer 2018 by the program’s chaperone Lori Tanaka, youth delegate Ana Tanaka and youth delegate Drew Deguchi.
The Law and Order Committee chose Council Delegate Eugenia Charles-Newton (Shiprock) as its new chairwoman on February 25. Charles-Newton was selected over veteran Delegate Edmund Yazzie by a 3-2 margin.
Although almost all delegates stood in support of Johnson, state representative Jon Koznick of Lakeville, a delegate and Pawlenty supporter, said Pawlenty had broader delegate support than the endorsement vote indicated.
Arguably the most prominent anti-federalist, the powerful orator Patrick Henry was a delegate and had a following second only to Washington (who was not a delegate).
Delegation involves two objects: a 'sender' passes itself to a 'delegate' to let the delegate refer to the sender.
Each member state has four representatives at the conference: two government delegates, an employer delegate and a worker delegate.
Nearly four years later, Congress passed the "Guam-Virgin Islands Delegate" Act that allowed for one Guam delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What happened is a Georgia delegate, at least he had a Georgia delegate sign on, was being hauled out of the hall.
And we cannot casually delegate responsibility for such decisions to businessmen, scientists, engineers or administrators who are unaware of the profound consequences of their own actions.
A Russian delegate attends the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, February 24, 2023.
A shrinking of the timeline to approve a Zoning Bylaw Amendment or Site Plan Control will mean the city needs to hire additional planning staff and delegate authority to help meet new deadlines.
As noted at the end of the Technical Delegate’s Report, the only violations were the plank violations found on Hamilton and Leclerc.
As of March 6 that year, Biden had secured 22 percent of estimated available endorsement points and had an 88 percent chance of winning a pledged-delegate majority.
At the weaponization subcommittee’s last session, Delegate Stacey Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, the top Democrat, rose from her seat and threw a piece of paper back at a Republican who had handed it to her to prove a point.
Attorney Gordon Rhea and Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett have tried to steer an investigative committee in a non-partisan direction.
Common combinations with delegate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to delegate 18×
- the delegate 16×
- delegate and 13×
- delegate to 12×
- and delegate 11×
- delegate in 7×
- delegate at 7×
- state delegate 7×
- delegate from 7×
- delegate count 5×