Collocations for "delegate"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "delegate" in context.
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delegate
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [Republican, Democratic] delegates
- the [Republicans] won [fifteen] delegates
- send a delegate to
- assigned a delegate to [negotiate, meet, discuss]
- delegates [rejected, backed] the proposals
- a delegate from
- the delegate representing the [county, region]
- an official delegate
- [House, Senate] delegates
- delegates in the [House]
- [five] delegates are up for re-election
- there were [200] delegates at the conference
- state delegates from
- delegate tasks to
- learn to delegate tasks
- knows how to delegate
- is [good, bad] at delegating tasks
- delegate authority
- have been delegated to [subordinates, support staff]
- tasks delegated by the [manager, boss]
- were delegated in [person, writing]
- was delegated to [meet, greet, show, entertain]
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