delegate
/ˈdɛlɪɡət/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈdɛlɪɡət/
delegate
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
de - le - gate -> delegate
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကိုယ်စားလှယ်။ (v) အလုပ်တာဝန် ခွဝေပေးသည်။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့် အာဏာ အပ်နှင်းသည်။ တာဝန်ပေးသည်။
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ကိုယ်စားလှယ်။
The symposium was attended by delegates from all the major hospitals.
v
၁။ ~ sth (to sb) အလုပ်တာဝန် ခွဲဝေပေးသည်။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့် အာဏာ အပ်နှင်းသည်။
A boss must know how to delegate (work). The job had to be delegated to an assistant.
၂။ တာဝန်ပေးသည်။
The new manager was delegated to reorganize the department.
Synonyms
hand over, farm out, pass on, give, allot, entrust, accredit, agent, allocate, alternate, ambassador, appoint, appointee, assign, assign responsibility, authorize, cast, catchpole, charge, choose, commission, commissioner, consign, constitute, consul, depute, deputize, deputy, designate, devolve, elect, emissary, envoy, factor, front, give nod, hold responsible for, invest, legate, license, mandate, member, member of Congress, minister, mouthpiece, name, nominate, nominee, often governmental, ordain, order, parcel out, people's choice, pinch hitter, place trust in, plenipotentiary, proxy, regent, relegate, rep, replacement, representative, select, senator, send on errand, send on mission, shunt, spokesperson, stand-in, substitute, surrogate, swear in, transfer, vicar, viceroy, warrant
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