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"2": "enm",
"3": "delegat"
},
"expansion": "Middle English delegat",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "delegat"
},
"expansion": "Old French delegat",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "dēlēgātus"
},
"expansion": "Latin dēlēgātus",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English delegat, from Old French delegat, from Latin dēlēgātus.",
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{
"form": "delegates",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy."
],
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[
"authorized",
"authorized"
],
[
"representative",
"representative"
],
[
"deputy",
"deputy"
]
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{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegat"
},
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegate"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mūfad",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُوفَد"
},
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"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wakīl",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَكِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "patgamavor",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "պատգամավոր"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "patvirak",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "պատվիրակ"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "nümayəndə"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "vəkil",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "вәкил"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "deljehát",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дэлега́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "deljehátka",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дэлега́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pradstaŭník",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прадстаўні́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pradstaŭníca",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прадстаўні́ца"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "protinidhi",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "প্রতিনিধি"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "delegát",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "делега́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "delegátka",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "делега́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predstavítel",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "представи́тел"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predstavítelka",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "представи́телка"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kuiyca:hlai",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ကိုယ်စားလှယ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegada"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàibiǎo",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "代表"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "使節"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐjié",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "使节"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegát"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegátka"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "delegeret"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "repræsentant"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "befuldmægtiget"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afgevaardigde"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gedelegeerde"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "delegaat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "esindaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "edustaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "délégué"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "déléguée"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "delegaṭi",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "დელეგატი"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Delegierter"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Delegierte"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abgeordneter"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abgeordnete"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vertreter"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vertreterin"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apestalménos",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απεσταλμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apestalméni",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "απεσταλμένη"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "bá-kóakh",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בא-כוח"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "natsíg",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "נָצִיג"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pratinidhi",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "प्रतिनिधि"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ḍelīgeṭ",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "डेलीगेट"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "numāindā",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "नुमाइंदा"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "küldött"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "delegátus"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fulltrúi"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "wakil"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegato"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegata"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegato"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegata"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "だいひょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "daihyō",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "代表"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "しせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shisetsu",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "使節"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "だいりにん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dairinin",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "代理人"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "delegat",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "делегат"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ökıl",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "өкіл"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "peesaʼkaʼcŭən",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "បេសកជន"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑtephuu",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ប្រតិភូ"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "代表",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daepyo",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "대표"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "使節",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sajeol",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "사절"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "代理人",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daeriin",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "대리인"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"alt": "代理者",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "daerija",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "대리자"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "delegat",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "делегат"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phū thǣn",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ຜູ້ແທນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "phū tāng nā",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "ຜູ້ຕາງຫນ້າ"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegāts"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegāte"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pārstāvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pārstāve"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegatas"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "delegatė"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "atstovas"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "atstovė"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "delegát",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "делега́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "delegátka",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "делега́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pretstavnik",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "претставник"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pretstavnička",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "претставничка"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "wakil"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "taraketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tölöölögč",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "төлөөлөгч"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "d'lédgi"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "delegat"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "namāyənda",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نماينده"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namâyande",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "نماینده"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vakil",
"sense": "deputy, envoy, representative",
"word": "وکیل"
},
{
"_dis1": "49 22 23 4 3",
"code": "pl",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "委託"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wěituō",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "委托"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "overdrage"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "uddelegere"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "betro"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegeren"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegeerima"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "antaa tehtäväksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "valtuuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "déléguer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegieren"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "diatássō",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "διατάσσω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegál"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegare"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "deleģēt"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "tuku mana"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "d'lédgi"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegere"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "سپردن"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "تفویض کردن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "oddelegować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delega"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručátʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поруча́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poručítʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поручи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уполномо́чивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "upolnomóčitʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уполномо́чить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "delegírovatʹ",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "делеги́ровать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "diputar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"word": "delegera"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "delehuváty",
"sense": "to commit a task to someone",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "делегува́ти"
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
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"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian past participle forms",
"Italian verb forms"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "adjective form"
},
"expansion": "delegate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "delegato"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of delegato"
],
"links": [
[
"delegato",
"delegato#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian adjective forms",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian past participle forms",
"Italian verb forms"
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"etymology_number": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "past participle form",
"g": "f-p"
},
"expansion": "delegate f pl",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "delegato"
}
],
"glosses": [
"feminine plural of delegato"
],
"links": [
[
"delegato",
"delegato#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"participle",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
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"categories": [
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian noun forms",
"Italian verb forms"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "f"
},
"expansion": "delegate f",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "delegata"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of delegata"
],
"links": [
[
"delegata",
"delegata#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian verb forms"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "delegate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"inflection of delegare:",
"second-person plural present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"delegare",
"delegare#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"inflection of delegare:",
"second-person plural imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"delegare",
"delegare#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "dēlēgāte",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "dēlēgāte"
},
"expansion": "dēlēgāte",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin non-lemma forms",
"Latin verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "dēlēgō"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person plural present active imperative of dēlēgō"
],
"links": [
[
"dēlēgō",
"delego#Latin"
]
],
"tags": [
"active",
"form-of",
"imperative",
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "delegate",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish non-lemma forms",
"Spanish verb forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "delegar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular voseo imperative of delegar combined with te"
],
"links": [
[
"delegar",
"delegar#Spanish"
],
[
"te",
"te#Spanish"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"object-second-person",
"object-singular",
"second-person",
"singular",
"with-voseo"
]
}
],
"word": "delegate"
}
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