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Meanings of delegating in English

Portuguese
delegação
Catalan
diputació
Spanish
delegación

Authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions.

        delegação
        Usage of delegating in English
        1
        The Constitution in delegating powers to Congress includes the regulation of commerce.
        The Peace Negotiations: A Personal Narrative
        2
        Because if you start delegating, they'll take over while your attention's elsewhere.
        A Hard Day’s Knight
        3
        Therefore cheerfully delegating preservation your virtue while in Paris to Mlle.
        Alias the Lone Wolf
        4
        Before the blindfold, she'd seen him orchestrating the hadals, commanding them, delegating tasks.
        The Descent
        5
        Well, that was one of the privileges of authority: delegating fault.
        Warlord of Kor
        6
        The long intermissions between sessions of Congress made such delegating imperative.
        The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830
        7
        He was indignant at the committee for not delegating such work to men.
        The Puritans
        8
        The FAA is not delegating any tasks in the ongoing review.
        Reuters
        9
        Having a nearly nonexistent staff helped with security but was hell on delegating.
        The charlemagne pursuit
        10
        The Taoiseach had abandoned the peace process by delegating it to colleagues and committees.
        The Irish Times
        11
        In effect, you are delegating payment authority to the machine.
        The Irish Times
        12
        Desjani waved toward Lieutenant Castries, delegating the answer to her.
        Beyond The Frontier: Guardian
        13
        But Whitacre's hands-off style of delegating also left him appearing sometimes out of touch.
        Reuters
        14
        The FAA has been criticized for delegating too much responsibility to manufacturers in certifying equipment.
        Reuters
        15
        Some email requires delegating a task to someone else.
        Time management for system administrators
        16
        He has dissented before on delegating powers to staff.
        Reuters
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        Portuguese
        delegação
        Delegating through the time
        Delegating across language varieties
        United States of America
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